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“We'll buy back our own harm with what is most dear to us.”

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Book:Iphigenia in Aulis

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Iphigenia in Aulis

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Euripides

Euripides, a renowned Greek tragic playwright, is one of the three great tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles. His life and achievements are not well-documented. more

“Frequently, and not only in the popular usage, sadomasochism is confounded with love. Masochistic phenomena, especially, are looked upon as expressions of love. An attitude of complete self-denial for the sake of another person and the surrender of one's own rights and claims to another person have been praised as examples of "great love". It seems that there is no better proof for "love" than sacrifice and the readiness to give oneself up for the sake of the beloved person. Actually, in these cases, "love" is essentially a masochistic yearning and rooted in the symbiotic need of the person involved.”

Love Sacrifice Sadomasochism No Greater Love

Book:Escape from Freedom

Source: Escape from Freedom

“Why you keep telling me to be careful, Old man ? Your stupidity doesn't deserve my sacrifice, Kiddo.”

Sacrifice Stupidity

Book:Master of Stupidity

Source: Master of Stupidity

“It’s one thing to go into a fight knowing you’ll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must offer up your throat to be slit.”

Sacrifice Grubbs Grady Kernel Fleck

Book:Demon Apocalypse

Source: Demon Apocalypse

“I expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I've done, but because of what Jesus has done.”

Sacrifice

Author:Rick Warren

“The Golds have everything, yet they demand sacrifices even from their own. This place is sick. This empire broken. It eats its kings, its queens, as hungrily as it does the paupers who mill its earth.”

Politics Sacrifice Corruption

Book:Golden Son

Source: Golden Son

“Take my heart and squeeze it out over the face of Your Bride, the Church.”

Love Sacrifice Feminism

Author:Catherine of Siena

“To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.”

Sacrifice Cost Aim Goals Persistence Richelle Goodrich Richelle

Book:Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“Sometimes in life, you do things you don’t want to. Sometimes you sacrifice, sometimes you compromise. Sometimes you let go and sometimes you fight. It’s all about deciding what’s worth losing and what’s worth keeping.”

Love Sacrifice Compromise

Book:Complete

Source: Complete

“What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it's dearness only that gives everthing its value.”

Inspirational Sacrifice

Author:Thomas Payne

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