Dutch - Philosopher | October 28, 1466 - July 12, 1536
I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.
Desiderius Erasmus
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The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
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What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
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Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?
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When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
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The desire to write grows with writing.
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Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.
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The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.
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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.
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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
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Don't give your advice before you are called upon.
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