If a rock falls on your head, that is bad; but shame, infam… - Erasmus

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If a rock falls on your head, that is bad; but shame, infamy, opprobrium, and curses hurt only so far as they are felt.

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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian.

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Peu de gens comprennent l'immense avantage qu'il y a à ne jamais hésiter et à tout oser.

Priests are said in Scripture to devour the sins of the people; and they find sins so hard to digest that they must have the best wine to wash them down.

Eula. Happely mi new gown maketh me to loke fayrer then I sholde doe. xan. Sothe you saye, I haue not sene a mynioner this many dayes, I reken it Englishe cloth. Eu. It is english stuff and dyed in Venis.

If a rock falls on your head, that is bad; but shame, infamy, opprobrium, and curses hurt only so far as they are felt. - Erasmus

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