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" Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human. "

Desiderius Erasmus

Believe

Ignorance

Illusion

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Truth

Humility

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Desiderius Erasmus

Privilege

Stretch

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Far

Than

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Guilty

Great

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