Jokes can be handled in such a way that any reader who is not altogether lacking in discernment can scent something far more rewarding in them than i… - Erasmus

"But I am well aware of the excuse which men, ever ingenious in devising mischief to themselves as well as others, offer in extenuation of their conduct in going to war. They allege, that they are compelled to it; that they are dragged against their will to war. I answer them, deal fairly; pull off the mask; throw away all false colours; consult your own heart, and you will find that anger, ambition, and folly are the compulsory force that has dragged you to war, and not any necessity; unless indeed you call the insatiable cravings of a covetous mind, necessity" ` The Complaint of Peace

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

It is wiser to treat men and things as though we held this world the common fatherland of all.