In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly.

Famous Quotes / Desiderius Erasmus

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Desiderius Erasmus: "In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly."

Quotations about

About	Alliance	Association	Blind
Cant	Companion	Comrade	Each
Flattery	Folly	Friend	Happy
Honey	Husband	Illusions	Landlord
Life	Long	Maid	Make
Master	Mistress	Other	Partygoer
People	Pupil	Ruler	Sense
Servant	Short	Soldier	Sometimes
Stable	Sweeten	Teacher	Tenant
Themselves	Tolerate	Turn	Unless
Wife	Without

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In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly. - Desiderius Erasmus