Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hero Quotations

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

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.

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

To a valet no man is a hero.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.