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Desiderius Erasmus Quotes: What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.
         

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.


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Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer's mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.



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