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

Desiderius Erasmus

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Desiderius Erasmus
Age: 69 †
Born: 1466
Born: November 6
Died: 1536
Died: July 12
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