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We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.
We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.
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.]
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.
Ferryman ho! In the night so black
Hark to the clank of iron;
'Tis heroes of the read more
Ferryman ho! In the night so black
Hark to the clank of iron;
'Tis heroes of the Yser,
'Tis sweethearts of glory,
'Tis lads who are unafraid!
Ferryman ho!
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one.
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one.
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.]
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.]
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.