Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch Christian humanist who is widely considered to have been the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. Originally trained as a Catholic priest, Erasmus was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in a pure Latin style. Erasmus lived against the backdrop of the growing European religious Reformation. Erasmus died suddenly in Basel in 1536 while preparing to return to Brabant. A bronze statue of Erasmus was erected in 1622 in his city of birth, replacing an earlier work in stone. May these Desiderius Erasmus Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” Desiderius Erasmus
2. “In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” Desiderius Erasmus
3. “It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.” Desiderius Erasmus
4. “The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I’m not mistaken, and I’ll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.” Desiderius Erasmus
5. “There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” Desiderius Erasmus
6. “What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato’s cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don’t know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?” Desiderius Erasmus
7. “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” Desiderius Erasmus
8. “Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception, and ignorance, but it isn’t – it’s human.” Desiderius Erasmus
9. “Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another’s.” Desiderius Erasmus
10. “It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn’t have it, to fear and suspect the worst.” Desiderius Erasmus
11. “Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men’s judgments of one another.” Desiderius Erasmus
12. “I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.” Desiderius Erasmus
13. “War is delightful for those who don’t know it.” Desiderius Erasmus
14. “He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal.” Desiderius Erasmus
15. “Don’t give your advice before you are called upon.” Desiderius Erasmus
16. “They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.” Desiderius Erasmus
17. “No man is wise at all times, or is without his blind side.” Desiderius Erasmus
18. “Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than truth.” Desiderius Erasmus
19. “Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. This was the sound conclusion of the academic skeptics, who were the least surly of philosophers.” Desiderius Erasmus
20. “To know nothing is the happiest life.” Desiderius Erasmus
21. “Only by the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.” Desiderius Erasmus
22. “The desire to write grows with writing.” Desiderius Erasmus
23. “No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.” Desiderius Erasmus
24. “Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor.” Desiderius Onesmus
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