Were every man a great hero I should think such feats would lose their luster.

[So do not feel bad about your dad's mediocrity, Shizuo.]

How your speech does remind me though of the son of Laertes! There is a man who can say one thing and mean another, while not a hint of his deception reveals itself in his features, Odysseus, the man of many twists and turns. I confess I love him in friendship and his counsel is not unworthy, but one must always be careful with him.