quotes about Nobility
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A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
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If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
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The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.
-- Claudius ClaudianusSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 559-60, De Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augustii Panegyris, 305, 1922.
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True nobility is being superior to your former self.
-- Colin Firth -
In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other.
-- Cullen Hightower -
As you come to seek and see the virtues and strengths and nobilities of others, you begin to seek and see them in yourself also.
-- Gary Zukav -
Adversity often hatches out the true nobility of character.
-- George AdeSource : George Ade (1904). “True bills”
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Be noble in every thought And in every deed!
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -
Today nobility is gone: there is only a peerage.
-- Honore de Balzac -
I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
-- Imelda Marcos -
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Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem
-- Jane PorterSource : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.5
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There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.
-- Jay McInerney -
There's no nobility in poverty.
-- Jordan BelfortSource : Jordan Belfort (2007). “The Wolf of Wall Street”, p.97, Bantam
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
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We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.
-- PZ MyersSource : "Theology is a deceitful strategy" by PZ Myers, freethoughtblogs.com. July 1, 2008.
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.
-- Sally Field -
He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.
-- Seneca the Elder -
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
-- Solon -
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The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.
-- Steven JamesSource : Steven James (2013). “The King: The Bowers Files”, p.26, Penguin
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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