The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
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The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
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We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
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even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...
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Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off.
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I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.
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We believe that these could be and likely appear to be sort of martyrdom messages from suicide terrorists, ... Whether or not the attack would be imminent or not is something we can't determine.
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Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
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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.
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For all have not the gift of martyrdom.
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No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
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Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?
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Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them
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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
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It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
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The only difference between martyrdom and suicide, is the amount of press coverage.
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Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
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For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.
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Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
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The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.
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Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood -- never.
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Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
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It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr.
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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.
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Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
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