A Quote by Michel de Montaigne

No man is a hero to his own valet.

Michel de Montaigne

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Hero His Man Own Valet

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Michel de Montaigne
French - Philosopher
February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592

Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No man is a hero to his valet de chamber

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet.

Thomas Carlyle

To a valet no man is a hero.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

P. Diddy gave me his valet ticket once... because he thought I was the valet lady.

Selena Gomez

No hero is a hero if he ever killed someone! Only the man who has not any blood in his hand can be a real hero! The honour of being a hero belongs exclusively to the peaceful people!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

Oscar Wilde

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

No man is a hero in his own country.

John Monash

Every man is a hero of his own story.

Brandon Sanderson

Every man is the hero of his own song.

Tad Williams

I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.