The desire for things such as war, money, love, will cause a man to have a both a lighthearted and uncaring mind. ... Erasmus believed that any man led on by his desires and passions could not possibly do any good to society because they were not reasonable or wise, and were only slaves of folly. ... Other men, "marries a woman's money, not herself, another for a small and uncertain gain exposes his life to the casualties of seas and winds, which yet no money can restore. ... And some there are that think them easiest attained by courting old childless men with presents; and others again ...

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