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To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.
Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
He's of stature somewhat low--
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
He's of stature somewhat low--
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none
should wear a fether but he who had read more
It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none
should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie
yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the
number of fethers in his cappe.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Thy voice sounds read more
But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks of millions yet to be.
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
