Quotes by Desiderius Erasmus

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

Prevention is better than cure.

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

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

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

A peck of troubles.

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

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.