Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Desiderius Erasmus Quotes: To know nothing is the happiest life.
         

To know nothing is the happiest life.


Desiderius Erasmus
Check all other quotes by Desiderius Erasmus

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





To know nothing is the happiest life.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Desiderius Erasmus Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Tue. 23 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/To-know-nothing-is-the-happiest-life-324023>.





Check out


Other quotes of Desiderius Erasmus


Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.



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.

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.



A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.



By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.



Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.



Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.



Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer's mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.

Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer's mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.



They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.

They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.



No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.

No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.



The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war.

The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war.





Other quotes you may like


He’s an indulgent sort of man……With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships.

He’s an indulgent sort of man……With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships.



The bible divides mankind, god will decide our fate.

The bible divides mankind, god will decide our fate.



A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.

A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.



We take a dash of sexiness, a dash of spice, and blend it in with awesomeness and glory. Then we dance.

We take a dash of sexiness, a dash of spice, and blend it in with awesomeness and glory. Then we dance.



[It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it.

[It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it.



I'm always changing and learning about acting, and about myself. I just hope to always keep doing that.

I'm always changing and learning about acting, and about myself. I just hope to always keep doing that.



I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.



You would be better off having nobody than the wrong somebody. (On marrying for the wrong reasons.)

You would be better off having nobody than the wrong somebody. (On marrying for the wrong reasons.)



I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.

I think about my grandfather who's 89 years old, and the last thing he needs is more money out of his pocket.



The President eats dirt and excrement for his daily meals, likes it and tries to force it on The States.

The President eats dirt and excrement for his daily meals, likes it and tries to force it on The States.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "To know nothing is the happiest life.". Author of this quote is Desiderius Erasmus. This quote is about nothing, happiest,.