“what is all this life but a kind of comedy, wherein men walk up and down in one another's disguises and act their respective parts, till the property-man brings them back to the attiring house. And yet he often orders… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“For what is more foolish than for a man to study nothing else than how to please himself? To make himself the object of… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“what is all this life but a kind of comedy, wherein men walk up and down in one another's disguises and act their respective… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“A remarkable thing happens in the experience of my fools: from them not only true things, but even sharp reproaches, will be listened to;… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“And of these, a great part build so much on their ceremonies and petty traditions of men that they think one heaven is too… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes.” — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“But, to return to my design, what power was it that drew those stony, oaken, and wild people into cities but flattery? For nothing… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
