Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 October 1466
sweet peace war
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
war military knows
War is delightful for those who don't know it
war unjust
Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior
christian war army
Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to fight the Turks and Saracens instead of sending those armies of dull-witted soldiers with whom they've long been carrying on war with no result.
war lovely knows
Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it.
peace war military
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
peace war military
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
war people evil
The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war.
sweet peace war
War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.
women
Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.
people turn
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
blind country king man
In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king
excited noise
Do not get excited over the noise you have made
kings teaching hard-work
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time; to shed tears is weak and womanish, to be needy is degrading; to suffer defeat is a disgrace and hardly fitting for one who scarcely permits the greatest of kings to kiss the toes of his sacred feet; and finally, death is an unattractive prospect, and dying on a cross would be an ignominious end.