Quotes by Erasmus, Desiderius

Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satis >>

They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting ho >>

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age >>

Quotations about Pope

For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching t 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

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope seco >>

The Pope? How many divisions has he got? >>

For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time; to shed tears is weak and womanish, to be needy is degrading; to suffer defeat is a disgrace and hardly fitting for one who scarcely permits the greatest of kings to kiss the toes of his sacred feet; and finally, death is an unattractive prospect, and dying on a cross would be an ignominious end.

Erasmus, Desiderius