Quote by Albert Camus
Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked

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

Other quotes by Albert Camus

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest–whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories–comes afterward. These are games; one must first answer. – Albert Camus

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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. – Albert Camus

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Martyr, Martyrdom
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Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads havent been cut off. – E. M. Cioran

I am as content to die for Gods eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way. – John Mason Brown

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

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And yet, I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was, even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought youd planned. – Lynn Redgrave

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Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. – Edward F. Halifax

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