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Quotation from The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
“I scarce know anyone in all mankind that is wise at all hours, or has not some tang or other of madness”
The Praise of Folly, The two kinds of madness, trans. John Wilson (1668)
Folly concludes that the line between sanity and folly runs through every human being.
Citation: "I scarce know anyone in all mankind that is wise at all hours, or has not some tang or other of madness" — Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, The two kinds of madness, trans. John Wilson (1668). (id erasmus-praise-of-folly-q7)
