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The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our
recollection, and will, in turn, be supplanted read more
The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our
recollection, and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor
of to-morrow.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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
The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.
The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.
My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening read more
My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?
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.]
We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.
We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.
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
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.]