"O sancta simplicitas!"
— Jan Hus
January 1, 1970
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Christian leaders
Academics from the Czech Republic
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Original Language: English
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O holy simplicity! — Quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations (2005) by Jon R. Stone, p. 188 — Spoken by Hus as he was being burned at the stake and saw an elderly peasant adding wood to the fire
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O holy simplicity! — Quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations (2005) by Jon R. Stone, p. 188 — Spoken by Hus as he was being burned at the stake and saw an elderly peasant adding wood to the fire