I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will… - Erasmus

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I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.

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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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