It is the most deplorable tribute when the succession of an inferior ruler turns his predecessor, who was intolerable while he lived, into someone wh… - Erasmus

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It is the most deplorable tribute when the succession of an inferior ruler turns his predecessor, who was intolerable while he lived, into someone whose integrity and goodness are sadly missed.

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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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Başınıza taş düşerse, bu sahiden kötüdür; ama utanç, şerefsizlik, ayıp ya da hakaret ancak sen aldırırsan kötü olur. His yoksa kötülük de yoktur. Halk var gücüyle seni ıslıklarken, sen kendini alkışlarsan bunun ne zararı olabilir? İşte kendini alkışlamanı mümkün kılan tek şey Deliliktir

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

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