Erasmus Quote

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.

As quoted in Words from the Wise : Over 6,000 of the Smartest Things Ever Said (2007) by Rosemarie Jarski, p. 312

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...

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...

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...

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...