"Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will."
― Desiderius Erasmus
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"I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better."
― Desiderius Erasmus
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"Your library is your paradise."
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"Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another."
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"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie."
― Desiderius Erasmus
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"The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly."
― Desiderius Erasmusa
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"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them."
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"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
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"A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit."
― Desiderius Erasmus
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"Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.”
― Desiderius Erasmus
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"Bidden or unbidden, God is present."
― Desiderius Erasmus
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