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    It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none
    should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie
    yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the
    number of fethers in his cappe.

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If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?

If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.

My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.

by Unknown Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Thy voice sounds read more

But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks of millions yet to be.

by Fitz-greene Halleck Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great read more

The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great are jails,
And head-winds right for royal sails.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.

Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.

by Charles Kingsley Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might read more

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

by Plato Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]

As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
[Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur
valets-de-chambre.]

Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
[Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur
valets-de-chambre.]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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