"Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that……" — Desiderius Erasmus
"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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