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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
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One nail drives out another; habit is overcome by habit.
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No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.
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Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.
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I am a lover of liberty. I will not and I cannot serve a party.
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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
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I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.
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Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.
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It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
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Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.
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Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.
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It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off louring Old Age.
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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
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We should treat them not as food but as condiments, not to sufficiency but for delight.
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For what is life but a play in which everyone acts a part until the curtain comes down?
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Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
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There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldst have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
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They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.
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The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.
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Of how much more passion than reason has Jupiter composed us? putting in, as one would say, "scarce half an ounce to a pound."
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It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.
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Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
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You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.
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An idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer's mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
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Born:
October 28, 1466
Died:
July 12, 1536
(aged 69)
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