Heroic Quotes
It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals
Angela Davis (2016). “Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement”, p.2, Haymarket Books
Mercy Otis Warren (1790). “Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous”, p.147
Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1465, Random House
Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.219, Vintage
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”
Susan Orlean (2010). “The Bullfighter Checks Her Make-Up”, p.13, Random House
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