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Heroism
«The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values.»
Author: Andrew Bernstein
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Heroism,
Value
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and or, conforming, dedicated, promoting, The Creation
«The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.»
«The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and even more so to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy»
Author: Louis Ferdinand Celine
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Heroism,
War
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appeals, enormously, heroism, The War, wealthy
«The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.»
«The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule»
Author: Miguel de Unamuno
(Author, Philosopher)
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Heroism
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attain, a people, height, heroism, ridicule
«The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
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Example,
Heroism
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heroes, inheritance, inheritances, legacies, legacy
«The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.»
«The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history»
Author: Henry Ward Beecher
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Heroism,
World
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battlefields, chiefly, closet, displayed, heroism, household, the closet
«The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
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Heroism
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Hero of, idol, in turn, recollection, successor, supplant, supplanted, supplanting, supplants
«The better part of valour is discretion.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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Heroism
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discretion, valour