William Gifford quotes
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“Virtue alone is true nobility.”
-- William GiffordSource : Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Underwoods, translations, &c. Discoveries. English grammar. Jonsonus viribus”, p.72
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“Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.”
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“A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate, For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.”
-- William GiffordSource : Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, William Gifford (1860). “The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia and Lucilius”, p.120
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Source : Agnes Repplier (1898). “Varia”
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Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.175, A&C Black
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“Adversity often hatches out the true nobility of character.”
Source : George Ade (1904). “True bills”
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“I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.”
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“Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem”
Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.5
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“We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.”
Source : "Theology is a deceitful strategy" by PZ Myers, freethoughtblogs.com. July 1, 2008.
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