“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”
“Every Hero Becomes a Bore at last." Ralph Waldo Emerson”
“not every boy thrown to the wolves becomes a hero.”
“Perfection shall remain the boring privilege of the gods, while our bungling, messy world every night shall be lived as if it were the last and every day as if it were the first.”
“Modesty alone doesn’t prove a man a hero. But it’s incontrovertible that immodesty makes him a bore.”
“Become Your Own Hero”