Desiderius Erasmus quotes

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Your library is your paradise.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

The desire to write grows with writing.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.