person
Martin Luther
Luther
also: Luther Márton
Martin Luther (1483–1546), leader of the Protestant Reformation; the drinking-verse Madách attributes to him ('Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang...') is apocryphal but universally cited under his name in 19th-century Europe.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Martin Luther's
The couplet 'Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang, / Der bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang' is traditionally attributed to Martin Luther (1483–1546), though it does not appear in his authentic writings; by Madách's time it was a famous German drinking-verse.