“One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.”
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Stowe, H. B. (n.d.). One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/28501-one-would-like-to-be-grand-and-heroic/
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher. “One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/28501-one-would-like-to-be-grand-and-heroic/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher. “One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/28501-one-would-like-to-be-grand-and-heroic/.