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There are obligations to nobility.
[Lat., Noblesse oblige.]
There are obligations to nobility.
[Lat., Noblesse oblige.]
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.]
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.]
Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish--let the world expire.
Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish--let the world expire.
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line
Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine
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Fond man! though all the heroes of your line
Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine
In proud display; yet take this truth from me--
Virtue alone is true nobility!
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy
nature!
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy
nature!
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.
If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to read more
If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest
War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples read more
War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.
