We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.
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Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.
Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice.Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.
Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice.Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man read more
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest type of love.
Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest type of love.
