Quotes by Erasmus, Desiderius

I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankin >>

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood t >>

For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching t >>

Quotations about Passion

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a pas >>

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the f >>

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. >>

Jupiter, not wanting man's life to be wholly gloomy and grim, has bestowed far more passion than reason --you could reckon the ration as twenty-four to one. Moreover, he confined reason to a cramped corner of the head and left all the rest of the body to the passions.

Erasmus, Desiderius