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    Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned,
    and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their
    praises.
    [Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona
    Multi: sed omnes illacrimabiles
    Urgentur, ignotique longa
    Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.]

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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.

'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.

by Zachary Quinto Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.

Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.

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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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The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none
should wear a fether but he who had read more

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.

by Richard Hansard Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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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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Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person
whatever he says has an read more

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person
whatever he says has an enhanced value.

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Ferryman ho! In the night so black
Hark to the clank of iron;
'Tis heroes of the read more

Ferryman ho! In the night so black
Hark to the clank of iron;
'Tis heroes of the Yser,
'Tis sweethearts of glory,
'Tis lads who are unafraid!
Ferryman ho!

by Lucien Boyer Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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