The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are. - Erasmus

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The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.

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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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