It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much.

“But you see, the measure of hell you're able to endure is the measure of your l…”

“The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himsel…”

“For they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute force of their numbers. …”

“His life was crowded , public and impersonal as a city square. The friend of hu…”