The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bys

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

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

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. – Nathaniel Howe

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it. – E. M. Cioran

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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