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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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help read more
Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
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.
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.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice.Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.
Forgivness is The ultimate sacrifice.Eloquence belongs, To the conqueror.
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
