A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

'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?

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.

It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.

It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.

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.