In fact this type of man who is devoted to the study of wis… - Erasmus

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In fact this type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evil of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind

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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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for self-love is no more than the soothing of a man's self, which, done to another, is flattery.

Wanneer ik een beetje geld heb, koop ik me daarvan boeken. Wanneer er dan nog wat over is, koop ik eten en kledij.

But tell me, I beseech you, what man is that would submit his neck to the noose of wedlock, if, as wise men should, he did but first truly weigh the inconvenience of the thing? Or

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