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Quotation from The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus

“Or what should I say of them that hug themselves with their counterfeit pardons; that have measured purgatory by an hourglass”

Desiderius Erasmus (spoken by Folly)

The Praise of Folly, Superstitious devotions, trans. John Wilson (1668)

One of the sharpest lines in the catalogue of devotees, aimed at the trade in indulgences and calculated remissions of purgatory.

Citation: "Or what should I say of them that hug themselves with their counterfeit pardons; that have measured purgatory by an hourglass" — Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, Superstitious devotions, trans. John Wilson (1668). (id erasmus-praise-of-folly-q8)

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