Strange & Unusual Sayings

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If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professin…

— Martin Luther c. 1530s
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A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.

— Martin Luther 1520
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Let us therefore beware of the Jews, and their synagogues, and let us burn their synagogues, and let us destroy their houses, and let us take away their prayer-books and Talmuds, and let us forbid their rabbis to teach anymore, and let us deny them s…

— Martin Luther 1543
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Let us therefore beware of the Jews, and their synagogues, and let us burn their synagogues, and let us destroy their houses, and let us take away their prayer-books and Talmuds, and let us forbid their rabbis to teach anymore, and let us deny them s…

— Martin Luther 1543
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I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

— Martin Luther c. 1540s
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The ass needs to be beaten, and the populace needs to be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the ruler not a fox's tail, but a sword.

— Martin Luther 1525
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The ass needs to be beaten, and the populace needs to be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the ruler not a fox's tail, but a sword.

— Martin Luther 1525
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Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly, for he is victorious over sin, death, and the world.

— Martin Luther 1521
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Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly, for he is victorious over sin, death, and the world.

— Martin Luther 1521
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I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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The papacy is the kingdom of the devil, and the pope is the Antichrist.

— Martin Luther 1537
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The papacy is the kingdom of the devil, and the pope is the Antichrist.

— Martin Luther 1537
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I'd rather be a pig in a sty than a friar in a monastery.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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I'd rather be a pig in a sty than a friar in a monastery.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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The world is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only one page.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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Sleep is a most excellent thing, for it makes us forget all the miseries of life.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s-1540s
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