“The Captain: A martyr, Lavinia, is a fool. Your death will prove nothing.Lavinia: Then why kill me?”
George Bernard Shaw
Androcles and the Lion
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Let me tell you about weakness! Killing the strong to prove your strength is foolish weakness. Killing fools is easy weakness. Killing the weak is evil weakness. Accomplishing your ends without killing, mastering your mind when you want to kill--that is strength!”
Victoria Hanley
The Seer and the Sword
“Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.”
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
“Why must there be war?" "Oh Lavinia, what a woman's question that is! Because men are men.”
Ursula K. Le Guin
Lavinia
“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“You really need to get over your martyr complex. One of these days it’s going to get you killed.”
Aimee Carter
The Goddess Inheritance