Quote by Jean Genet
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests an

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. – Jean Genet

Other quotes by Jean Genet

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. – Jean Genet

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Dreams
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I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty – a sunken beauty. – Jean Genet

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Beauty
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What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesnt see Negroes hanging from its branches. – Jean Genet

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Racism
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Other Quotes from
Success
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Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. – Author Unknown

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Success

But I think its more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups. – Jose Mourinho

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Success

In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit. – Rand Paul

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Success

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful. – Alanis Morissette

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Success

Random Quotes

As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Perfection

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Change

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place. – Colin Powell

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Hope

We didnt lose the game we just ran out of time. – Vince Lombardi

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Time