For a limited time we have made available these 15 hilarious quotes from Martin Luther in bookmark form. Taken from his various writings over the course of his life, here you will find some of the funniest and sharpest statements from Luther. Making excellent gifts for birthdays or the holidays, stock up on these while they are available.
Available from October - December 31st ONLY
Quotes:
Quote 1 “I am like a ripe stool, and the world’s like a gigantic anus, and we’re about to let go of each other.” Said on death bed
Quote 2 “I resist the Devil and often it is with a fart that I chase him away.” Table Talk No. 122 (1531), in LW 54:16
Quote 3 “You people are more stupid than a block of wood.” Against Latomus, pg. 242 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
Quote 4 “You seem to me to be a real masterpiece of the devil’s art.” From A Sermon on Keeping Children in School, pg. 217 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 46
Quote 5 “Take care, you evil and wrathful spirits. God may ordain that
in swallowing you may choke to death.” From Against the Heavenly Prophets, pg. 111 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
Quote 6 “I would not smell the foul odor of your name.” From Concerning the Ministry, pg. 17 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 40
Quote 7 “You are a crude ass, and an ass you will remain!” From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 281 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
Quote 8 “You vulgar boor, blockhead, and lout, you ass to cap all asses,
screaming your heehaws.” From Against Hanswurst, pg. 212 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
Quote 9 “Besides all this there are my struggles of the flesh, the world
and the Devil. See what a lazy man I am!” Letter to John Lang (October 26 1516), in LW 48:27-28
Quote 10 “We leave you to your own devices, for nothing properly suits you except hypocrisy, flattery, and lies.” From Against Latomus, pg. 143 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 32
Quote 11 “People without a sense of humor are like dried fruit, perhaps
attractive at the time of harvest, but later repugnant and boring.”
Quote 12 “For you are an excellent person, as skillful, clever, and versed in
Holy Scripture as a cow in a walnut tree or a sow on a harp.” From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 360 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
Quote 13 “Dear God, what an utterly shameless, blasphemous lying-mouth
you are!” From Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil, pg. 300 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
Quote 14 “You are a brothel-keeper and the devil’s daughter in hell.” From On the Councils and the Church, pg. 160 of Luther’s Works, Vol. 41
Quote 15 “The Holy Spirit unveiled the Scriptures for me in this tower at the lavatory." The Wit of Martin Luther by Eric W. Gritsch (2006 Fortress Press), p. 13
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