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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos ca

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and dont know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? – Desiderius Erasmus

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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you dont do it, and it wont happen. – Desiderius Erasmus

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