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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 |
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| A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success |
| Otto von Bismarck |
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| As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary |
| Ernest Hemingway |
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| 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 |
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| Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. |
| Thomas Carlyle |
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| Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them! |
| Albert Einstein |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. |
| Elbert Hubbard |
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