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The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly
Desiderius Erasmus
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Desiderius Erasmus
Age: 69 †
Born: 1466
Born: November 6
Died: 1536
Died: July 12
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By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
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Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
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The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.
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