Humorous Sayings

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For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, 'He catches the wise in their craftiness.'

— Saint Paul c. 53-57 AD
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Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

— Saint Paul c. 53-57 AD
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If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

— Saint Paul c. 55-58 AD
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I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

— Saint Paul c. 55-58 AD
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What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would, but as a fool.

— Saint Paul c. 55-58 AD
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For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

— Saint Paul c. 53-57 AD
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Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the kingship with you!

— Saint Paul c. 53-57 AD
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For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

— Saint Paul c. 53-57 AD
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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

— Saint Paul c. 53-57 AD
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If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

— Saint Paul c. 49-55 AD
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But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

— Saint Paul c. 49-55 AD
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I'm like a ripe stool and the world's like a gigantic anus, and we're about to let go of each other.

— Martin Luther c. 1546
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I resist the devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away. When he tempts me with silly sins I say, 'Devil, yesterday I broke wind too. Have you written it down on your list?'

— Martin Luther 1530s-1540s (Table Talk)
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Tomorrow I have to lecture on the drunkenness of Noah [Gen. 9:20-27], so I should drink enough this evening to be able to talk about that wickedness as one who knows by experience.

— Martin Luther 1530s-1540s (Table Talk)
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I am drinking beer from Namburg which tastes to me almost like the beer from Mansfeld which you praised to me. It agrees with me well and gives me about three bowel movements in three hours in the morning.

— Martin Luther Undated, but during his travels
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A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.

— Martin Luther 1530s-1540s (Table Talk)
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Whoever smells it first, out of him it crept.

— Martin Luther 1530s-1540s (Table Talk)
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Devil, if you want to eat me, start from behind.

— Martin Luther 1530s-1540s (Table Talk)
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If God has no sense of humor, I don't want to go to Heaven.

— Martin Luther Undated
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One should praise women, whether it be true or false.

— Martin Luther Undated
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