They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.
Desiderius ErasmusBy burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
Desiderius ErasmusOnly a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
Desiderius ErasmusThe more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.
Desiderius ErasmusThe opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
Desiderius ErasmusI consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb them, batter them, wear them out, who fill out all the margins with annotations of many kinds, and who prefer the marks of a fault they have erased to a neat copy full of faults.
Desiderius Erasmus