Desiderius Erasmus Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• 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.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  War, People, Evil

  Desiderius Erasmus, Erika Rummel (1990). “The Erasmus Reader”, p.313, University of Toronto Press

• Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while intent on his personal convenience, a dedicated voluptuary, a hater of learning, freedom and truth, without a thought for the interests of his country, and measuring everything in terms of his own profit and desires.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Country, Men, Law

  Desiderius Erasmus, Betty Radice (1990). “Praise of Folly”

• The desire to write grows with writing.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Writing, Desire, Great Writing

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