It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
Quote by Desiderius Erasmus
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
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Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
- If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.
- 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.
- Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.
- The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
- The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
- War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
- 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.
- The desire to write grows with writing.
- It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
- Time takes away the grief of men.
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