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.
excited noise
Do not get excited over the noise you have made
bed designed hundred man nature tricks
A man must hug, and dandle, and kistle, and play a hundred little tricks with his bed-fellow when he is disposed to make that use of her that nature designed her for
attention buy entire greek money shall soon turned
I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes.
blind country king man
In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king
women
Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.