Everyone knows that by far the happiest and univer... -Desiderius Erasmus

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?

Desiderius Erasmus , Philosopher
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Desiderius Erasmus was a renowned Dutch Renaissance humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was a prolific writer and scholar, known for his critical thinking, wit, and influential works that shaped the course of European thought during his time.

Desiderius Erasmus Quotes to Explore

Fortune favors the audacious....
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king....
Time takes away the grief of men....
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war....
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it....
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it....
Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another....
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 desire to write grows with writing....
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes....

Age Quotes to Explore

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken Engl...
The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?...
I grew up in Welwyn Garden City, and when you're a woman of colour in a predominantly white area, you become aware of prejudice from a young age....
In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked....
Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age....
I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age....
Nobody under the age of 55 should be able to stand for election, and nobody under the age of 30 should be able to vote in those elections....
Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for ...
Maybe at some level, even at an early age, without ever being aware of it, I was reacting to something. To people judging me based on how I looked ins...
I came to America at such a young age, and I was so naive that I didn't realise what I was getting myself into; maybe that's why it worked out for me....