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Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish--let the world expire.
Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish--let the world expire.
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
The nobility of England, my lord, would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount.
The nobility of England, my lord, would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount.
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces
the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces
the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
Ay, these look like the workmanship of heaven;
This is the porcelain clay of human kind,
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Ay, these look like the workmanship of heaven;
This is the porcelain clay of human kind,
And therefore cast into these noble moulds.
Be noble in every thought
And in every deed!
Be noble in every thought
And in every deed!
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in read more
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
