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The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.
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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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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Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
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