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

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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 does not end something, it only a beginning. – Indira Gandhi

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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. – Florence Nightingale

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