Logo
We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resis

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. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Martyr, Martyrdom
category

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. – Nathaniel Howe

Category:
Martyr, Martyrdom

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Martyr, Martyrdom

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Martyr, Martyrdom

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. – Florence Nightingale

Category:
Martyr, Martyrdom

Random Quotes

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Experience

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. – Alexis de Tocqueville

Category:
Politics

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone elses dream. – John Malkovich

Category:
Dreams

Three rings of marriage are the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering. – Author Unknown

Category: