Age Quote by Stefan Zweig

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

— Jean Genet

The young nobles, of whom there were many, were volunteers, who had paid their own expenses in expectation of a golden harvest, and they…

— Francis Parkman

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something.

— Criss Jami

All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed on conquerors…

— John Locke

People aren't universally heroic.

— Alexei Sayle

“Civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political ineffiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody…

— Anonymous

“There is heroism to be found in great battles, it is true; warriors with stable knees who fight and know that they will die…

— Kevin Hearne

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If…

— Ernest Renan

“It is a perverse tradition we honor. Kings adorn their halls with images of battles they won, the people they've conquered." He paced as…

— Aria Cunningham

“civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody…

— Aldous Huxley

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.

— Criss Jami

“A lot of the younger people think you're downright heroic." "Oh, good," I say, a sour taste in my mouth. "Heroism is what I…

— Veronica Roth