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 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.
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For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time;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.
mind body wedlock
The wedlocks of minds will be greater than that of bodies.
long soul world
From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirits.
men village six
The Jewish usurers are fast-rooted even in the smallest villages, and if they lend five gulden they require a security of six times as much. They charge interest, upon interest, and upon this again interest, so that the poor man loses everything that he owns.
reputation talent concealed
Concealed talent brings no reputation.
grief men
Time takes away the grief of men.
church-music modern music-is
Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.