Commonplaces from Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas by Donald King and David Rix
Posted on March 25th, 2021
In proverbs of this sort, allegory sometimes results in enigma. Nor is that bad, if you are talking to the learned, or writing; indeed, in the latter case, not even if for the general reader. For things should not be written in such a way that everyone understands everything, but so that they are forced to investigate certain things, and learn. 30
He has finished his education. 43-44
There is no loss from which someone does not realize some gain, except the loss of time. 77
The more honorable is the use of a thing, the more disgraceful is its waste. 77
Again: you should always carry around some good book, by the reading of which you may dispel tedium. 93