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Famous Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
“The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.”
“It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off touring Old Age.”
“They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.”
“The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.”
“Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.”
“'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.”
“Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.”
“Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.”
“By identifying the new learning with heresy, you make orthodoxy synonymous with ignorance.”
“It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.”
“The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth”
“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”