I have always been on the side of the heretics against those who burned them because the heretics so often turned out to be right. Dead, but right.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Heretics are often right even if they face persecution and death.
- In plain terms
- Heretics were right even if they died.
- What can you take from it?
- Support heretics despite risks.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do heretics get vindicated?
Another view
Not all heretics were actually right.
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