Luther on Lawyers.
Martin Luther: "Every lawyer is either a good-for-nothing or a know-nothing. If a lawyer wants to dispute this, tell him, 'You hear? A lawyer shouldn't talk until a sow breaks wind!' Then he should say 'Thank you, dear grandmother, I haven't heard a sermon in a long time!'..."
(J. Pelikan and H. Lehman, eds., Luther's Works: American Edition, Vol. 54, no. 5663.)
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