Erasmus

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    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.
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

    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.
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

    Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)