Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 October 1466
garden light literature
So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive...
running flower reflection
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
inspirational motivational money
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Bidden or unbidden, God is present.
nature believe ignorance
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.
gold pearls sand
Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.
fun party folly
[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
writing desire great-writing
The desire to write grows with writing.
honor enthusiasm sin
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
men riches poverty
Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.
perseverance freedom democracy
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
life death time
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
may influence affair
[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.
fun party certain
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.