Sacrifice

“The preparation for the temple's permanent first-fruit festival should not stop. Let there be a fat carrier who delivers fat to the house, let there be a milk carrier who delivers milk to the house and let there be a fish courier, a person of daily assignment. After the firewood carrier has brought his delivery from the open country into his lady's house, it should be deposited in its corners and sides.”

“[I]t is right to be kind and even sacrifice ourselves to people who need kindness and lie in our way – otherwise, besides failing to help them, we run into the aridity of self-development. To seek for recipients of one's goodness, to play the Potted Jesus leads to the contray the Christian danger.”

“The sacrifice lives, but the sun’s still shining.”

“In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life.The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.”

“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”

“Offerings are the glory of the gods.”

“Offerings create life.”

“Too long a sacrificeO when may it suffice?”

“What millions died—that Cæsar might be great!”

“Sacrifice to the Graces.”

“He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter.”

“Sacrifice to the Muses.”

“Plato used to say to Xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "Good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces."”

“The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.”