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Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
I think the most uncomfortable thing about martyrs is that they look down on people who aren't.
I think the most uncomfortable thing about martyrs is that they look down on people who aren't.
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.
It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
