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~ Erasmus Quotes ~
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Erasmus Quotes


A Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and a theologian.
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (October 28, 1466 – July 12, 1536), sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and a theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium ("longing" or "desire"; the name being a genuine Late Latin name); the Greek adjective ἐράσμιος (erásmios) meaning "desired", and, in the form Erasmus, also the name of a St. Erasmus of Formiae; and the Latinized adjectival form for the city of Rotterdam (Roterodamus = "of Rotterdam").

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Fortune favors the audacious.
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Of two evils choose the least.
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Prevention is better than cure.
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Betwixt the devil and the deap sea.
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Concealed talent brings no reputation.
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He who shuns the millstone shuns the meal.
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He does good to himself who does good to his friend.
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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
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It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
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No one is to be despaired of as long as he breathes. (While there is life there is hope.)
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