Small: When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your ca
"When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith"
Abraham Kuyper, Theologian
Small: It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is
"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it
"War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Prevention is better than cure
"Prevention is better than cure"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king
"In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: War is sweet to those who have not experienced it
"War is sweet to those who have not experienced it"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Its the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanne
"It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldnt have it, to fear and suspect the worst
"It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin
"Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie
"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Time takes away the grief of men
"Time takes away the grief of men"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as mens judgments of one another
"Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism
"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and im
"What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: The desire to write grows with writing
"The desire to write grows with writing"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about
"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
Small: By burning Luthers books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid mens minds of him
"By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is ce
"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"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality and then there are those
"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Mans mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth
"Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin
"Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Your library is your paradise
"Your library is your paradise"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful
"The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: No one respects a talent that is concealed
"No one respects a talent that is concealed"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence
"It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you dont do it, and it wont happe
"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"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The o
"I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known
"Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Fools are without number
"Fools are without number"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly
"Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Humility is truth
"Humility is truth"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself
"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders
"Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: To know nothing is the happiest life
"To know nothing is the happiest life"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Man is to man either a god or a wolf
"Man is to man either a god or a wolf"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Dont give your advice before you are called upon
"Don't give your advice before you are called upon"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Concealed talent brings no reputation
"Concealed talent brings no reputation"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: The best way to know God is to love many things
Vincent Van Gogh
"The best way to know God is to love many things"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist