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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.
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.
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.
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.
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!
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because read more
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper
As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary
As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary