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Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021

“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on June 8, 2021

“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021

“No one respects a talent that is concealed.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on April 3, 2021April 3, 2021

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

“Humility is truth.”—Desiderius Erasmus. Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on February 21, 2021

“War is delightful to those who have had no experience with it.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on August 15, 2020

“It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on June 21, 2020

“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

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