Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders."
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Martyr
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Horace Mann
Educator
"It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one."
Dylan Thomas
Poet, Writer
"Oh, I'm a martyr to music."
Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never."
Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"No human beings are more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief"
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"It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr."
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"A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die."
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"Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off."
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"The reign of the tyrant ends with his death, and the reign of the martyr starts with it."
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"A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr."
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"The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them."
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"It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much."
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"The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture."
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"All spiritual journeys are martyrdoms"
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"Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma."
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"A martyr's just a casualty with really good PR."
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