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• Almost all Christians being wretchedly enslaved to blindness and ignorance, which the priests are so far from preventing or removing, that they blacken the darkness, and promote the delusion: wisely foreseeing that the people (like cows, which never give down their milk so well as when they are gently stroked), would part with less if they knew more.

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  Christian, Ignorance, People

  Desiderius Erasmus (2016). “In Praise of Folly”, p.43, Desiderius Erasmus

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• Your library is your paradise.

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  Education, Library, Paradise

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• Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

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  Men, Criticism, Pedants

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• Fools are without number.

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  Numbers, Fool

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• Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

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  Giving, Advice

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• He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Sin

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• Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.

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  Sleep, Remember, Exquisite

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• What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

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  Names, Legacy, Paganism

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• Eagles don't catch flies.

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  Strength, Eagles

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• Sacred scripture is of course the basic authority for everything; yet I sometimes run across ancient sayings or pagan writings - even the poets - so purely and reverently and admirably expressed that I can't help believing the author's hearts were moved by some divine power. And perhaps the spirit of Christ is more widespread than we understand, and the company of the saints includes many not on our calendar.

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  Running, Believe, Writing

  Desiderius Erasmus (1965). “The Colloquies of Erasmus”, Chicago, 1965- .

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• Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.

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  Laughter, Argument

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• What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

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  Ears, Mouths, Speak

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• I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

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  Citizens, World, Stranger

  "Erasmus". Book by Gyorgy Faludy, 1970.

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• Bidden or unbidden, God is present.

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• Frugality is a handsome income.

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  Income, Handsome, Frugality

  Desiderius Erasmus (1733). “All the Familiar Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus, of Roterdam, Concerning Men, Manners, and Things”, p.475

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• Prevention is better than cure.

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  Health, Prevention, Lifestyle

  Desiderius Erasmus, William Watson Barker (2001). “The Adages of Erasmus”, p.17, University of Toronto Press

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• It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

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  Positive, Happiness, Being Yourself

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• No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.

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  Wise, Men, Sides

  Desiderius Erasmus (2012). “Colloquies of Erasmus,”, p.550, tredition

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• The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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  Peace, Military, War

  "Adagia". Book by Desiderius Erasmus, 1500.

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• Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.

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  Two, Crowns, Guilty

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• There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.

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  Sects

  Desiderius Erasmus (1964). “The "Adages" of Erasmus: A Study with Translations”, Cambridge University Press

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• A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

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  Lying, Talking, Knowing

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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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  Book, Men, Mind

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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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  Knowledge, Delay, Height

  Desiderius Erasmus (1974). “The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1 to 141, 1484-1500”, p.114, University of Toronto Press

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• No one respects a talent that is concealed.

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  Inspirational, Genius, Talent

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