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They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.
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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Time takes away the grief of men.
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I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.
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The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
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Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer's mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.
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The desire to write grows with writing.
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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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