Heroic Strife

Famous quotes containing the words heroic and/or strife:

“There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happinesses to the unhappy.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Homer was wrong in saying, “Would that strife might pass away from among gods and men!” He did not see that he was praying for the destruction of the universe.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)