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"You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn."
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ErasmusMost Christians are superstitious rather than pious, and except for th — Erasmus
"Most Christians are superstitious rather than pious, and except for the name of Christ differ hardly at all from superstitious pagans."
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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Catholic theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
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"A constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drudgery, for no activity can be continued for long if it does not to some extent afford pleasure to the participant."
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"In regione caecorum rex est luscus."
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"I am a lover of liberty. I will not and I cannot serve a party."
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"The worst evil is hardness of heart. Those who do not repent, who deliberately remain in their habits of sin, have the most to fear. p. 146"
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"Animals only follow their natural instincts; but man, unless he has experienced the influence of learning and philosophy, is at the mercy of impulses that are worse than those of a wild beast. There is no beast more savage and dangerous than a human being who is swept along by the passions of ambition, greed, anger, envy, extravagance, and sensuality."
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