Germanic Heroic Age

Famous quotes containing the words heroic age, heroic and/or age:

    “The drinking and fighting of the Heroic Age have retreated to the slums.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.”
    —Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)

    “For age with stealing steps
    Hath clawed me with his crutch,”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)