The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

Quote by Florence Nightingale

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I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into...

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into...

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice...

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice...

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm...

I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm...

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no...

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no...

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach...

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach...

She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical...

She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical...