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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
 The hero is not fed on sweets,
 Daily his own heart he eats;
  Chambers of the great read more 
 The hero is not fed on sweets,
 Daily his own heart he eats;
  Chambers of the great are jails,
   And head-winds right for royal sails. 
 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. 
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
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?
 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. 
 Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, 
universally among Mankind.  
 Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, 
universally among Mankind. 
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
 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.]