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The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

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I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

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It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic. ↗

— George Carlin

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Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy children are you used to dealing with?" "Gryffindors," spat Professor McGonagall, the word carrying a freight of bitterness and despair that fell like an eternal curse on all youthful heroism and high spirits. ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Animals make us Human. ↗

— Temple Grandin

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In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes. ↗

— Stephen E. Ambrose

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