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As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]
As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among Mankind.
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among Mankind.
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might read more
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.
My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.
My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.
Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned,
and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard read more
Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned,
and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their
praises.
[Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona
Multi: sed omnes illacrimabiles
Urgentur, ignotique longa
Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.]
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
