War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

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Table Talk

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c. 1530s

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1070/1070-h/1070-h.htm

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