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    Desiderius Erasmus

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    Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #any #cannot #gathered #great #kept

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


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #chiefest #man #point #willing

    Prevention is better than cure. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #cure #prevention #than

    By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #made #mankind #only #remade

    Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #got #nature #nothing #nowadays #out

    Concealed talent brings no reputation. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #concealed #reputation #talent

    If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #happen #hope #keep #thinking #want

    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. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #ask #certain #decide #folly #fun

    There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #dream world #face #face reality #into #live

    Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. ↗


    — Desiderius Erasmus

    #disappear #give #itself #light #will






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    Did you know about Desiderius Erasmus?

    He was a proponent of religious toleration and enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists"; he has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". Using humanist techniques for working on texts he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. The exact year of his birth is debated with most biographers citing the year as 1467.

    He also wrote The Praise of Folly Handbook of a Christian Knight On Civility in Children Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style Julius Exclusus and many other works. Desiderius was a self-adopted additional name which he used from 1496. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within.

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