Sunday afternoon rest and refreshment often includes some jovial reading in Luther's Table Talk. If for no other reason than that the reading is immensely fun, Table Talk ought to be read widely (especially by tight-shoed and clean-nosed religious folk). Here's a picturesque Lutheran point, free of charge:
"A lie is like a snowball. The longer it is rolled on the ground the larger it becomes" (No. 342).
(Feel free to reuse without acknowledging your source. He's dead, and wouldn't have minded anyway.)
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