A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not i… - Erasmus

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A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not if it floats on the lips.

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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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Native Name: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

Alternative Names: Erasmus of Rotterdam • Desiderius Erasmus • Erasmus Von Rotterdam Erasmus • Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam • Erasmus von Rotterdam • Erasmus Rotterdam

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Finally, every man will become dear and pleasing to every other man; all will be beloved by all! and, what is still more desirable, beloved also by Christ; to become acceptable to whom is the highest felicity of human nature.

Ad Graecas literas totum animum applicui; statimque ut pecuniam accepero, Graecos primum autores, deinde vestes emam.

I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not if it floats on the lips. - Erasmus

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