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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.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
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.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
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.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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.
'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
