# What is a hero?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-hero/425104>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 3, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-hero/425104 "2007-11-03T14:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-hero/425104/21 "2007-11-11T08:42:16Z")

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[An hero.](http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/An_hero)

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-hero/425104/22 "2007-11-12T04:46:26Z")

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The brave fool is not a hero, he only plays one in the drama of his own perception. When someone does the thing we wish we would have the courage to do, to us, that person is a hero. The greatest heroes of all are the ones who do it alone, without any chance that anyone will ever know. They do it because they know it is the right thing to do, whatever the outcome.

Tris

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