How we cite our quotes: (Book.Page) based on the 1989 Cambridge University Press edition
Quote #7
And in fact I have no doubt that every man's perception of where his true interest lies [...] would long ago have brought the whole world to adopt Utopian laws, were it not for one single monster, the prime plague and begetter of all others—I mean Pride. (2.109)
Can we really boil down all of Europe's problems to this one quality? Hythloday seems to think so. Is that realistic?