War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. – Desiderius Erasmus
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. – Desiderius Erasmus
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. – Desiderius Erasmus
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. – 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
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. – Aldous Huxley