Quote by Florence Nightingale
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not i

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

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It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. – Horace Mann

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

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood — never. – Albert Camus

Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by Gods grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. – Bishop Hugh Latimer

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