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.
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Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
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One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.
A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.
The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.
The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.
