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Quote by George Eliot
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it per

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. – George Eliot

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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us. – George Eliot

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

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Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. – Arthur Schnitzler

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There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. – Patrick Henry Pearse

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People will frighten you about a graduation…. They use words you don’t hear often: “And we wish you Godspeed.” It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices. – Bill Cosby

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