Of how much more passion than reason has Jupiter composed us? putting in, as one would say, "scarce half an ounce to a pound." (Desiderius Erasmus)

Of how much more passion than reason has Jupiter composed us? putting in, as one would say, "scarce half an ounce to a pound."

Desiderius Erasmus

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