Quotes About Nobility

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subltly and feel nobly.

Los hombres nobles eluden un esfuerzo realizando otro mucho mayor. Por no arrancar una rosa, construyen un palacio. Por no escuchar un reproche, ejercen la rectitud toda la vida. Por no bajarse del caballo, conquistan el Asia.

Come inferiri, l'inchinavano anche quelli que da questi eran detti signori; ché, in que' contorni, non ce n'era uno che potesse, amille miglia, competer con lui, di nome, di ricchezze, d'aderenze e della voglia di servirsi si tutto ciò, per istar al di sopra degli altri.

We're needed to save an innocent barrel of wine from a lecherous duke's son.

And yet, even when all was well, as Shakespeare said, that ends well, did they say 'Hey, Kendra, we understand that you made a noble effort. Why not come to the palace for some champagne sometime?' Noooooo. They're all, 'Get thee from our kingdom, witch, or it's the guillotine." They're lucky I didn't turn them into talking swine.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.

While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior races of men. There are nations more susceptible of cultivation, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than others—but none in themselves nobler than others.

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,With vassals and serfs at my side.

In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.

A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

We have nobility in Sweden, and it comes from the old British aristocracy.

You hear a lot of songs that are about people cheating or about infidelity. I haven't really heard one before about connecting with the noble part of yourself. I know it sounds a little bit cheesy, but that's the real deal. There are a lot of people who are making a genuinely good, sweet decision on a daily basis.

For better or for worse, in 'The Last Savage,' I have dared to do away completely with fashionable dissonance, and in a modest way, I have endeavored to rediscover the nobility of gracefulness and the pleasure of sweetness.

Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of the signs.

Expresar gratitud es cortés y agradable, promulgar la gratitud es generoso y noble, pero vivir la gratitud es tocar el Cielo." JOHANNES A. GAERTNER (1912–1996) PROFESOR, TEÓLOGO, POETA A

My father in turn had done his duty and married the daughter of a frightfully correct English earl. She gave birth to my brother, looked around at her utterly bleak Highland surroundings, and promptly died.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

Laughter is often a more complex and thoughtful emotional response than tears, though we seem to believe that being moved to tears is somehow more noble

Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest and bravest acts are done for love.