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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 956

Martin Luther. (1483–1546)

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    A mighty fortress is our God,
  A bulwark never failing;
Our helper He amid the flood
  Of mortal ills prevailing.

Psalm. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (trans. by Frederic H. Hedge).

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Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter. 1

Psalm. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (trans. by Frederic H. Hedge).

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Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!

Speech at the Diet of Worms.

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For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel. 2

Table-Talk. lxvii.

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A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly ’t is a rare bird in the land.

Table-Talk. clvi.

François Rabelais. (c. 1490–1553)

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I am just going to leap into the dark. 3

Motteux’s Life.

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Let down the curtain: the farce is done.

Motteux’s Life.

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He left a paper sealed up, wherein were found three articles as his last will: “I owe much; I have nothing; I give the rest to the poor.”

Motteux’s Life.

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One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span,
Because to laugh is proper to the man.

To the Reader.

Note 1.
On the 16th of April, 1521, Luther entered the imperial city [of Worms]…. On his approach… the Elector’s chancellor entreated him, in the name of his master, not to enter a town where his death was decided. The answer which Luther returned was simply this.—Bunsen: Life of Luther.

I will go, though as many devils aim at me as there are tiles on the roofs of the houses.—Ranke: History of the Reformation, vol. i. p. 533 (Mrs. Austin’s translation). [back]

Note 2.
See Burton, Quotation 80. [back]

Note 3.
Je m’en vay chercher un grand peut-estre. [back]

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