Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle

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

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

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

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

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