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Desiderius Erasmus

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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
Netherlands

The desire to write grows with writing.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le désir d'écrire croît lorsqu'on écrit.

German
Die Lust zu schreiben wächst mit dem Schreiben.




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Quotes for: writing


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Quotes for: writing


Cinema is the form of modern writing whose ink is light.





Thus, down to the time of Gutenberg, architecture is the principal writing, the universal writing.





A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.





It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.





For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.





I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.











Quotes

Desiderius Erasmus also said...


Man is not born, but made man.





He who knows the art of living with oneself ignores boredom.





In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.





The mind of man is so framed that it is rather taken with the false colors than truth.





For what is life but a play in which everyone acts a part until the curtain comes down?





You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.












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