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Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, 1469-1536 ,  Dutch humanist
ErasmusDutch philosopher and Christian humanist (originally trained as a Catholic priest) who was one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance.
Main works: On Free Will, In Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style.
He published a collections of Greek and Latin proverbs and adages, commonly titled Adagia.

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When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

Your library is your paradise.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.

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

Most Christians are superstitious rather than pious, and except for the name of Christ differ hardly at all from superstitious pagans.

For what is life but a play in which everyone acts a part until the curtain comes down?

The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.

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

If there is truth in the popular legend, that Antichrist will be born from a monk and a nun (which is the story these people keep putting about), how many thousands of Antichrists the world must have already!

(comment on the rumors about Martin Luther)


Latin Quotes

War is sweet to those who have never experienced it

Dulce bellum inexpertis.

(originally from Pindar)


Called or not called, God is present.

Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit.




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