You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.
The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.
The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by read more
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons read more
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes -- ah, they have all the necessary leisure.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to read more
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I read more
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
