583 Quotes by Dutch authors

Dutch quotations speak in a clear, salt-tinged voice: nuchterheid over ornament, warmth without fuss. They weigh freedom against responsibility, thrift against generosity, and often settle matters by polderen rather than thunder. Water is never far, erosion, dikes, horizons, and neither is irony, a soft grin beneath Calvinist sobriety. From Spinoza’s cool reason to Multatuli’s sharp conscience, the language favors plain words that carry long echoes. Expect frankness, quiet tenderness, and a talent for turning daily life, bicycles, rain, shared tables, into hard-earned wisdom.

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"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it"

Johan Huizinga, Historian

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

"History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us"

Johan Huizinga, Historian

"Every disadvantage has its advantage"

Johan Cruijff, Athlete

"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"He who allows oppression shares the crime"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either"

Guido van Rossum, Scientist

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"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

"For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

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"In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

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"All noble things are as difficult as they are rare"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

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"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

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"Fortune favors the audacious"

Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher

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"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

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"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

"There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

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"Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple"

Johan Cruijff, Athlete

"I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough"

M. C. Escher, Artist

"We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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"I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

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