Erasmus

Famous quotes containing the word erasmus:

    Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

    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.
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

    Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn’t—it’s human.
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)