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Better not to be at all
Than not to be noble.
Better not to be at all
Than not to be noble.
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.
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.]
True nobility is exempt from fear.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
A noble soul alone can noble souls attract;
And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
[Ger., read more
A noble soul alone can noble souls attract;
And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
[Ger., Ein edler Mensch zieht edle Menschen an,
Und weiss sie fest zu halten, wie ihr thut.]
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.
Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.
Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize
the great.
[It., Il sangue nobile e un read more
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize
the great.
[It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni
nobili caratterizzano il grande.]
Be noble in every thought
And in every deed!
Be noble in every thought
And in every deed!
