"Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity."

Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author

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"Not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo,The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo."

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"The true hero trains himself in silence."

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"And so the Wolf of the West rose from the stone! And so he will rise again if ever the folk of the Six Duchies call to him in need."

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"I stare at him, trying to comprehend what he's done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us."Maybe next time, he says to me with that smile, "you won't be so lucky."

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"A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice."

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"But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Heroic ambition seemed to have been the cause of much of the world's pain then - quite like it is now. No villain ever saw himself a villain: he only saw himself a hero, and this goes just as no hero ever saw himself a hero: he simply did what he had to do. No true hero initially sets out with intentions of being deemed a hero."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished, he died."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo,The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo."

"The true hero trains himself in silence."

"And so the Wolf of the West rose from the stone! And so he will rise again if ever the folk of the Six Duchies call to him in need."

"I stare at him, trying to comprehend what he's done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us."Maybe next time, he says to me with that smile, "you won't be so lucky."

"A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice."

"But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."

"Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did."

"He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished, he died."

"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."

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"Novels are longer than life."

"Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed."

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