
Source: The New Moon's Arms (2007), Chapter 2 (p. 72)
Source: The New Moon's Arms (2007), Chapter 2 (p. 72)
Source: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“Now always be the best, my boy, the bravest,
and hold your head up high above the others.”
VI. 208 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“When somebody tells you you're different, smile and hold your head up high and be proud.”
“I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.”
As quoted in Precision Shooting : The Trapshooter's Bible (1998) by James Russell, p. 54
Variant: Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.
“When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.”
City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection (1992)
“Begot by butchers, but by bishops bred,
How high his Highness holds his haughty head!”
Attributed to Cardinal Wolsey in English Etymology; Or, a Derivative Dictionary of the English Language (1783) by George William Lemon, "Alliteration".
Disputed