Controversial Sayings

16,584 sayings found

You are an extraordinary creature, being neither God nor man. Perhaps you are the devil himself.

— Martin Luther c. 1520s-1540s
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Even if the Antichrist appears, what greater evil can he do than what you have done and do daily?

— Martin Luther c. 1520s-1540s
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The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience.

— Martin Luther c. 1520s-1540s
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The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all.

— Martin Luther c. 1520s-1540s
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We consider EVERYTHING allowable against the deception and depravity of the papal antichrist.

— Martin Luther c. 1520s-1540s
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Those who despise these, or treat them with contempt, are worthy of purchasing, adoring, and praising the pope's excrement as balsam.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s
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Again, the Lord wills that whoever confesses his sins and believes the absolution should be forgiven. 'No,' says ass-pope fart, 'faith does nothing; but your own repentance and atonement do, as well as the recounting of all your secret, forgotten, an…

— Martin Luther 1545
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You Mr pope. are a brothel keeper. and the devil's daughter in hell.

— Martin Luther c. 1540s
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you popes are desperate thorough arch rascals murderers traitors liars the very scum this is number 10 of all the most evil people on earth you're full of all the worst devils in hell full full and so full that you can do nothing but vomit throw and …

— Martin Luther c. 1540s
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When the great Tao is lost, there is 'benevolence' and 'righteousness'.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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The best ruler is one whose existence is merely known by the people. The next best is one who is loved and praised. The next is one who is feared. The next is one who is despised.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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The five colors blind the eye. The five notes deafen the ear. The five tastes dull the palate. Racing and hunting madden the mind. Precious goods keep their owners in fetters.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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Do not exalt the talented, so that people will not be contentious. Do not value rare treasures, so that people will not steal. Do not display what is desirable, so that people will not be confused.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. Too much handling will spoil it.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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When the world has the Tao, the swift horses are used for hauling manure. When the world is without the Tao, war horses are bred in the suburbs.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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The Sage manages affairs without doing anything, and spreads doctrines without speaking.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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He who acts destroys; he who grasps loses.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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The sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as foreign to him, and yet it is preserved.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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Fill your bowls to the brim and they will spill. Sharpen your blade to the sharpest and it will soon blunt.

— Laozi c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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When at the beginning the two spirits came together, one declared life and the other the destruction of life, and how at the end the worst existence shall be to the deceitful, but to the truthful the Best Mind.

— Zoroaster c. 1500-1200 BCE (approximate)
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