It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the … - Desiderius Erasmus

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Media has changed dramatically, as you and I know. We're in a world now where you're rewarded for being outrageous. Punditry has replaced reporting as the gold standard of journalism.

Desiderius Erasmus

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

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It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

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God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

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Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.

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War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

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