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Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
«To know nothing is the happiest life»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
(Editor, Humanist, Priest)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
happiest, know nothing
«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.»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
(Editor, Humanist, Priest)
| Keywords:
deception, philosophers, protesting
«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.»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
(Editor, Humanist, Priest)
| Keywords:
gourd, gourds, individual differences