#he

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

#deception #folly #hear #human #i

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. ↗

— Bono

#arms #around #big #duck #giving

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong. ↗

— Bono

#allied #bend #bit #detached #dream

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ↗

— Bono

#books #dunno #ever #gift #give

Man is to man either a god or a wolf. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#god #man #wolf

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#another #judgments #nothing #pedantic

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#doctor #even #higher #his #ignorant

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#cave #content #difference #emerged #images

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#everybody #hates #head #old #prodigy

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? ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#age #babies #enemy #enjoyable #even