"My hero -- my namesake -- had fled in craven terror and cowardice from nothing but a harmless gourd. I couldn't bear the shame... and that's when I finally asserted myself -- in defiance of cruel destiny -- and uttered my fateful vow... In the story of my life, the scrawny Scarecrow will win in the end -- and the last laugh, I swear, will be mine!!" - Batman Annual #19

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets ""My hero -- my namesake -- had fled in craven terror and cowardice from nothing but a harmless gourd. I couldn't bear the shame... and that's when I finally asserted myself -- in defiance of cruel destiny -- and uttered my fateful vow... In the story of my life, the scrawny Scarecrow will win in the end -- and the last laugh, I swear, will be mine!!" - Batman Annual #19" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.