..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
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 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.
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.
Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy -- common clay, if you like read more
Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy -- common clay, if you like -- eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can't imagine dead. And then there are the others -- the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
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.
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.
