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Desiderius Erasmus

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Nature, more a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
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Nature, more a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgements of one another.
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Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgements of one another.
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No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
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No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
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In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
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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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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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In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.
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In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.
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Humility is truth.
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Humility is truth.
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