Heroes are men who set out to be demi-gods in their own eyes, and who end by being so at certain moments by dint of despising and combating all humanity.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


Heroes are men who set out to be demi-gods in their own eyes, and who end by being so at certain moments by dint of despising and combating all...

Heroes are men who set out to be demi-gods in their own eyes, and who end by being so at certain moments by dint of despising and combating all...

Heroes are men who set out to be demi-gods in their own eyes, and who end by being so at certain moments by dint of despising and combating all...

Heroes are men who set out to be demi-gods in their own eyes, and who end by being so at certain moments by dint of despising and combating all...