Desiderius Erasmus War Quotations

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

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

War is delightful for those who don't know it

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

Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to fight the Turks and Saracens instead of sending those armies of dull-witted soldiers with whom they've long been carrying on war with no result.

Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it.

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

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.

War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.