1560s

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Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.

Martin Luther

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Topic

Truth and error

Author

Martin Luther

Source

Table Talk (Luther)

Language

German

Time

1569 1560s 16th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Tischreden [Table Talk]. Eisleben, 1566.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. The Table Talk of Martin Luther, edited by Thomas S. Kepler. Dover Press, 2005.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but-more frequently than not-struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

Martin Luther

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Topic

Faith and reason Reason

Author

Martin Luther

Source

Table Talk (Luther)

Language

German

Time

1569 1560s 16th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Tischreden [Table Talk]. Eisleben, 1566.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. The Table Talk of Martin Luther, edited by Thomas S. Kepler. Dover Press, 2005.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form
Of every thought the greatest artist has.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Untapped potential Art

Author

Michelangelo

Source

Sonnet 15

Medium

Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1564 1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Michelangelo. Non ha l' ottimo artista [The Lover and the Sculptor]. c. 1623.

Current Citation

Michelangelo. "Sonnet 15: The Lover and the Sculptor." Sonnets, translated by Elizabeth Jennings. Routledge, 2002.

So our Lord God commonly gives riches to those gross asses to whom He vouchsafes nothing else.

Martin Luther

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Topic

God and money Wealth

Author

Martin Luther

Source

Table Talk (Luther)

Language

German

Time

1566 1560s 16th century

Era

Protestant Reformation

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Tischreden [Table Talk]. Eisleben, 1566.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. The Table Talk of Martin Luther, edited by Thomas S. Kepler. Dover Press, 2005.

Fair face show friends
When riches do abound:
Come time of proof,
Farewell, they must away.

Barnabe Googe

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Topic

Money and friendship Friendship

Author

Barnabe Googe

Source

Of Money

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1563 1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Googe, Barnabe. Of Money. c. 1563.

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least.

Leonardo da Vinci

Quoted in Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, by Giorgio Vasari

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Topic

Success Work Leisure

Speaker

Leonardo da Vinci

Author

Giorgio Vasari

Source

Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Italian

Time

1568 1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori [The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects]. Vol 2, Florence: Giunti, 1568.

Current Citation

Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of the Artists, translated by George Bull. Vol. 1, Penguin Classics, 1988.