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Desiderius Erasmus



Desiderius Erasmus



Dutch author, philosopher, & scholar


Quotes

Quotes by Desiderius Erasmus

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
The pleasures which we most rarely experience give us the greatest delight.
The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

Adagia (III, IV, 96)


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