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Quotations By Desiderius Erasmus


Beauty
Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short lived, and apt to have ague fits.

Peace
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. -- Desiderius Erasmus

Reform
Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. -- Desiderius Erasmus

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