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Wilhelm Stekel

18 March 1868-25 June 1940

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A Cause is not something to die for, but to live for — the mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

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Martyrdom is the mark of the immature man who wants to die nobly for a cause. The mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

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Maturity is to live humbly for a cause. Immaturity, by contrast, is to want to die nobly for a cause.