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Desiderius Erasmus Quotes

«Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.»
«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.»
«The desire to write grows with writing.»
«When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.»
«It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.»
«He who allows oppression shares the crime.»
«In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king»
«Concealed talent brings no reputation.»
«By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him»
«A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist»

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