“One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.”

— Martin Luther

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seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483–1546

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Original: Jedna przeżyta chwila czasami uczy nas więcej, aniżeli całe życie.