People · 1889
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
— Oscar Wilde · The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Someone's willingness to die for a belief doesn't make the belief correct. Sacrifice shows sincerity or conviction, but not truth. The speaker separates how strongly a person holds an idea from whether the idea is actually right.
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