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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Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
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A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.
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The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
