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.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
Quoted in 'The Wit of Martin Luther'.
1530s-1540s (Table Talk)
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"If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptize thee in the name of Abraham.'"
Controversial"Drinking and eating are the highest pleasures."
Shocking"What devilish unchristian thing would you not undertake?"
Controversial"I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is the gift of God."
Controversial"If the earth is fit for laughter, then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter."
Humorous