"a self-made martyr is a poor thing."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Sacrifice Quotes #Self Quotes #Poor Quotes

“There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added to its knowledge. It is as if these fortunate persons had been present when this magnificent organ was created.”

Source : "Minds Behind the Brain. A History of the Pioneers and Their Discoveries". Book by S. Finger, 2000.
“You say 'believe in your dreams', I say that I believe in YOU.”
“They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and my misery is so overwhelming that I am powerless to resist it and am being turned into stone, devoid of all knowledge or feeling.”
“I can not wish you success in your effort to reject the treaty because while it may win the fight it may destroy our cause. My plan cannot fail if the people are with us and we ought not to succeed unless we do have the people with us.”
“I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too weak to be of any use, and they pity me for it.”
“...He went to Scotland and studied under Lister...("Lister was persecuted by the British Medical Association. He was threatened with having his license revoked.") Yet in Lister's hospital virtually no one died as a result of operations because Lister had developed a carbolic acid wash and disinfectant. Dr. Keen came back from Scotland...He was referred to as a crazy Listerite.....He was denied an opportunity to practice in every hospital in Philadelphia.”
“It's hard for me to climb things. That's why I always play Assassin's Creed because it gets me feeling like I can.”

Source : "JURASSIC WORLD: Ty Simpkins Talks Landing His Role, the Gyrosphere, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 3, 2015.
“So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound...”

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