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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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Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. – George Eliot

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We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

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

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

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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

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