Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Martyrdom

• The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tongue, Prison, Fame

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.299, Library of America

• The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Bystanders, Martyr, Torment

• Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Fear, Pain, Superficial

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.212, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.

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