You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
Unhappy the land where heroes are needed.[Unglücklich das Land, das Helden nötig hat.]
The young hero never tells his plans. They mature in the dark.
The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice…
It’s chance and nuances that separate the hero from the villain. That’s how it’s always been. Righteousness is the virtue of the lazy and the visionless. Without lawbreakers and disobedience we would still be living in a feudal society.
In the face of pain there are no heroes.
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.
