The practice of virtue requires discipline and habit, not me... - Desiderius Erasmus

"The practice of virtue requires discipline and habit, not mere aspiration."

Desiderius Erasmus Perseverance

Humanist Scholar Theologian Dutch 1466–1536

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"The desire to write grows with writing."

"When I get a little money I buy books; if any is left I buy food and clothes."

"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears."

"I am a man; I consider nothing human alien to me."

"Perseverance is the key to success."

"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

"You learn to live with the pain."