"No man is a hero to his valet.……" — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because… - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet."

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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98 Quotes by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel has 98 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The people are that part of the state that does not know what it wants.
An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.
The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world,…
Life has value only when it has something valuable as its object.
Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to…
The spirit is never at rest, but always engaged in progressive motion, giving itself new form.
When individuals and nations have once got in their heads the abstract concept of full-blown liberty, there is nothing like…
Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will.…
A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.
What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational
Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me
Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but… — Arthur Ashe
Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
I'm bad at picking heroes. — Margaret Atwood
No hero is mortal till he dies. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. — Kevin Bacon
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long… — John Adams
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's… — Joe Barton
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. — Felix Baumgartner

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