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" The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death. "

Desiderius Erasmus

Children

Age

Death

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Truth

Humility

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Oppression

Who

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Far

Than

" The desire to write grows with writing. "

" I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people. "

" A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. "

" There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. "

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" War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. "

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" It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. "

" Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. "

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