War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. – Desiderius Erasmus
When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes. – Desiderius Erasmus
Your library is your paradise. – Desiderius Erasmus
The desire to write grows with writing. – Desiderius Erasmus
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? – Desiderius Erasmus
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. – Desiderius Erasmus
Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine. – Desiderius Erasmus
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. – Desiderius Erasmus
[N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly. – Desiderius Erasmus
