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Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.
Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.
Approximate author period: c. 1514 AD · renaissance
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- Martin Luther
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- Approximate author period: c. 1514 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Luther. · page_163
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