Quotes About Nobility

Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!

The most lavish book owned by the noble classes was also one of the most ubiquitous: the Book of Hours,

Draw me not without reason; sheath me not without honour".

No me desenvaines sin causa, no me envaines sin honor

Pump up your bagpipes and delight our ears with decent martial music. With your permission, noble Calanthe!" "Oh mother of mine," whispered the queen to Geralt, raising her eyes to the vault for a moment in silent resignation. But she nodded her permission, smiling openly and kindly.

The voivode with the hard-to-remember name, who must have heard something about the affairs and problems of Fourhorn, politely asked whether the mares were foaling well. Gerald answered yes, much better than the stallions. He wasn't sure if the joke had been well taken, but the voivode didn't ask any more questions.

Drinking standing up, in a rush and without due reverence, does not become the nobility.

One sees all sorts of things when one travels. Two peasants kill each other over a field which, the following day, will be trampled flat by two counts and their retinues trying to kill each other off.

I ask everybody here present for forgiveness. With the exception of the noble lady Yennefer, whom I thank, but ask for nothing. Farewell.

And let us be seated, gentlemen. Drinking standing up, in a rush and without due reverence, does not become the nobility.' They

Don't go after the succubus, leave it in peace. Saying nothing to the ladies or the duchess. And 'pon my word, we, the gentlemen of Toussaint, will outbid the ladies' offer.

Miss Princess

marquess. Old English eorl, of Germanic origin. The word earl originally denoted a man of noble rank, as opposed to a churl, also specifically a hereditary nobleman next above the rank of thane. It was later an equivalent of JARL and, under Canute and his successors, applied to the governor of divisions of England such as Wessex. In the late Old English period, as the Saxon court came under Norman influence, the word was applied to any nobleman bearing the continental title

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

I don't go hunting with kings and princes.

There are some people who leave a lifelong impact on you. Gayatri Devi, whom we remember as Princess Ayesha of Cooch Behar, is one such persona I will admire all my life.