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Quotation from The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
“and only know this, as it were in a mist or dream, that they were the most happy while they were so out of their wits”
The Praise of Folly, Conclusion: the ecstasy of the saints, trans. John Wilson (1668)
Folly describes the rapture of holy men, who return from contemplation unable to say where they have been, as a small taste of heaven.
Citation: "and only know this, as it were in a mist or dream, that they were the most happy while they were so out of their wits" — Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, Conclusion: the ecstasy of the saints, trans. John Wilson (1668). (id erasmus-praise-of-folly-q11)
