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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.
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.
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.
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.
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire
His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
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His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Or Jove for's power to thunder.
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
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.
The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.
[Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]
The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.
[Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]
