Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is…

Desiderius Erasmus
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Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. ✨ Desiderius Erasmus, Margaret Mann Phillips (1967). Erasmus on His Times: A Shortened Version of the 'Adages' of Erasmus, p.45, Cambridge University Press
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