1. Desiderius Erasmus : Adagia II, 1, 1: Festina Lente [[Related online discussion]] [[ Illustrations]] Speude bradeos, i.e

2. “I would desire that the sacred books should be translated into all languages,” wrote Desiderius Erasmus, acclaimed Dutch scholar of the 16th century.

3. Adagia (singular adagium) is the title of an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus.Erasmus' collection of proverbs is "one of the most monumental ever assembled" (Speroni, 1964, p

4. Adagia (singular adagium) is the title of an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus.Erasmus' collection of proverbs is "one of the most monumental ever assembled" (Speroni, 1964, p