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| 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. | | Plato | |
| A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. | | Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success | | Otto von Bismarck | |
| As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary | | Ernest Hemingway | |
| Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth. | | Will Rogers | |
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| Heroine: Girl in a book who is saved from drowning by a hero and marries him next week, but if it was to be over again ten years later it is likely she would rather have a life-belt and he would rather have her have it | | Mark Twain | |
| Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. | | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them! | | Albert Einstein | |
| How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! | | Maya Angelou | |
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| I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient frien | | Lord Byron | |
| I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision. | | Henry David Thoreau | |
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| Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes | | Benjamin Disraeli | |
| Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. | | Elbert Hubbard | |
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