Quotes by Erasmus, Desiderius

Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of >>

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the he >>

When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food >>

Quotations about Genius

Genius sits in a glass house -- but in an unbreakable one --conceiving >>

So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a g >>

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. >>

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Erasmus, Desiderius