I know this is overused...but it is accurate! When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. - Erasmus

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I know this is overused...but it is accurate!

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

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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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When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

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When I get a little money, I buy books - and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

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Was aber ist gleich töricht wie sich selbst zu gefallen und sich selbst zu bewundern? Aber andererseits, wie kannst Du etwas Anmutiges, Gefälliges und Schickliches zustande bringen, wenn Du Dir selbst missfällst? Nimm dem menschlichen Leben diese seine Würze, und sogleich schlägt dem Vortrag des Redners frostige Ablehnung entgegen, stößt der Musiker mit seinen Melodien bei allen auf taube Ohren, wird der Mime trotz seines ausdrucksvollen Gebärdenspiels ausgepfiffen, der Dichter samt seinen Musenkünsten ausgelacht, der Maler mit seiner Kunst in den Schmutz gezogen, und der Arzt nagt inmitten seiner Pillen und Pülverchen am Hungertuch.

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‎If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

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