A slim stack of seven teal glass discs beside a small burst of orange confetti on a charcoal background.

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Jules Renard

It is more difficult to be an honourable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Bursts of courage are dramatic but brief, while decency has to be kept up day after day. The comparison suggests that stretching honour across a whole week takes more steady effort than one quarter-hour of heroics.

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