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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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
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As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.
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One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
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Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice.Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.
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Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
