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Desiderius Erasmus in 1523.

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

Erasmus, Desiderius on war
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"Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin."

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"You'll see certain Pythagorean whose belief in communism of property goes to such lengths that they pick up anything lying about unguarded, and make off with it without a qualm of conscience as if it had come to them by law."

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"Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another."

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"[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train. "

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