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Bidden or unbidden, God is present.
Desiderius Erasmus
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Desiderius Erasmus
Age: 69 †
Born: 1466
Born: November 6
Died: 1536
Died: July 12
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They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.
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So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive.
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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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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.
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You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.
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The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.
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...it is a sneaking piece of cowardice for authors to put feigned names to their works, as if, like bastards of their brain, they were afraid to own them.
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They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.
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From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirits.
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When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
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A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
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