Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Martyr

He can never be God’s martyr that is the devil’s servant.

It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr.Napoleon.

No religion but can boast of its martyrs.

Not the pain but the cause makes the martyr.Ambrose.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The commandments have made as many martyrs as the creed.

Who perisheth in needless danger is the devil’s martyr.