{"id":7734,"date":"2014-08-29T10:17:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T10:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/29\/my-kind-of-guy\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T10:17:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T10:17:48","slug":"my-kind-of-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/29\/my-kind-of-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"My Kind of Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Desiderius Erasmus is often quoted as saying, &quot;When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">The closest I have come to verifying this attribution or misattribution is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Desiderius_Erasmus\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><em>Ad Graecas literas totum animum applicui; statimque, ut pecuniam acceptero, Graecos primum autores, deinde vestes emam.<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><strong>I have turned my entire attention to Greek. 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