Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 October 1466
christian add theologian
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
baby kissing men
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?
men long world
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.
heaven atheism scripture
It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.
fear prosperity pessimism
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
book men mind
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
lying knowing talking
A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.
men deception mind
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
affair obscure humans
Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.
mother nature heart
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.
men differences wife
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.
sweet peace war
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
men criticism pedants
Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.
grief men
Time takes away the grief of men.