Quote of the Day (Desiderius Erasmus, on the ‘Incredible Delight’ Fools Take in Statements)

“A remarkable thing happens in the experience of my fools: from them not only true things, but even sharp reproaches, will be listened to; so that a statement which, if it came from a wise man's mouth, might be a capital offense, coming from a fool gives rise to incredible delight. Veracity, you know, has a certain authentic power of giving pleasure, if nothing offensive goes with it; but this the gods have granted only to fools.” — Dutch monk and scholar Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536), In Praise of Folly (1509)