A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple t…

Martin Luther
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A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear apples and not thorns, seeing that the apple-tree will do it naturally and far better than any laws or teaching can prescribe. ✨ John Calvin, Martin Luther (1991). Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority, p.9, Cambridge University Press
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