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If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made s...

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John SteinbeckThe Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody.""You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodde...

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I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodne...

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He must have stood there for a long time, making a list of all the terrible things he had done—almos...

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What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic thoug...

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I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. ...

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Albert EinsteinDear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as ...

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Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield...

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What is a society without a heroic dimension?