#martyrdom

My birth is imminent. Forgive me, brethren. Do not prevent me from coming to life. – As he faced the prospect of being devoured by wild beasts for his faith ↗

— St. Ignatius

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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself. ↗

— David Hilbert

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Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. ↗

— George Eliot

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I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion-- I have shuddered at it, I shudder no more. I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you. My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet. ↗

— John Keats

#martyrdom #self-sacrifice #love

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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