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"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."
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"He thought of that heroic Colonel Pontmercy . . . who had left upon every field of victory in Europe drops of that same blood which he, Marius, had in his veins, who had grown grey before his time in discipline and in command, who had lived with his sword-belt buckled, his epaulets falling on his breast, his cockade blackened by powder, his forehead wrinkled by the cap, in the barracks, in the camp, in the bivouac, in the ambulance, and who after twenty years had returned from the great wars with his cheek scarred, his face smiling, simple, tranquil, admirable, pure as a child, having done everything for France and nothing against her."
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"People love super heroes. It's true we're impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero and not the nemesis? Because of virtue. A super hero gives everything to defend what's good and right without seeking praise or reward. Think about it. All the great heroes give without taking, help without grumbling, sacrifice without asking recompense. A super hero's real strength, what we absolutely fall in love with, is his finer virtue."
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"You have worked too long in the life, now its time for heroism."
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"Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome."
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"Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from the manticore. Percy's sword gleamed in the dark. He'd been the first demigod Nico had ever seen in action. Later at Camp Half-Blood, Percy took Nico by the arm, promising to keep his sister Bianca safe. Nico believed him. Nico looked into his sea-green eyes and though, How can he possibly fail? This is a real hero."
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"You might hate a successful person, but you can not hate a true hero."
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"A hero is someone we can admire without apology."
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"The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words."
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"Nor is there wanting in the pressSome spirit to stand simply forth,Heroic in it nakedness,Against the uttermost of earth.The tale of earth's unhonored thingsSounds nobler there than 'neath the sun;And the mind whirls and the heart sings,And a shout greets the daring one."
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"I decided to do the easy task of changing situations and conditions by being a hero, than staying back to do the difficult task of changing people by being just a man."
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"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
Nothing
"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value."
Appearance
"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think."
Creativity
"Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights."
Rights
"Too fair to worship, too divine to love."
Love
"Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought."
Man
"When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated."
Liberty
"Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it."
History
"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."
Heroism
"Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help."
Events
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