Quote of Desiderius Erasmus - The nearer people approach old age...
Biography - Desiderius Erasmus:
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus was a Dutch philosopher and Christian scholar (*Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: 1467 - Died: 1536
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Netherlands
Born: 1467 - Died: 1536
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Netherlands
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.
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Quotes about life:
Quotes about death:
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
Quotes about time:
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Quotes about childhood:
Desiderius Erasmus also said...
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