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Desiderius Erasmus
Dutch
October 26, 1466
Philosopher
Fortune favors the audacious.
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Fortune
Favors
Audacious
Prevention is better than cure.
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Than
Better
Cure
The desire to write grows with writing.
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Write
Writing
Desire
To know nothing is the happiest life.
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Life
Know
Nothing
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
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Will
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What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
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Name
Fame
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
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Money
Food
Get
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
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Men
You
Your
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.
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Nature
Out
Which
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
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Time
Age
Death
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
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Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?
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Age
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