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The hair is the finest ornament women have. Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.

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Martin Luther
Age: 62 †
Born: 1483
Born: November 10
Died: 1546
Died: February 18
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When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman.
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One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!
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The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.
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I'd rather see heaven crash from the skies than one grain of God's truth die.
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Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, I want only you
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If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation.
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This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.
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In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.
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