Yet in the midst of all their prosperity, princes in this respect seem to me most unfortunate, because, having no one to tell them truth, they are fo… - Erasmus

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Yet in the midst of all their prosperity, princes in this respect seem to me most unfortunate, because, having no one to tell them truth, they are forced to receive flatterers for friends.

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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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Doğal sayılabilecek ortalama tutkular vardır, örneğin vatan sevgisi, çocuklara, ana babaya ve dostlara duyulan şefkat. Sıradan insan bütün bunlara çok önem verir. Ama azizler bu tür duyguları ya ruhlarından söküp atmaya ya da ruhun ruhun en üst köşesine yükseltmeye çalışır; amaçları babalarını babaları değilmiş gibi sevmektir, sonuçta babanın can verdiği sadece beden değil de nedir?

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.

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