Quotes About Nobility

I find the present monotonous and absurd spectacle of the world outside me so completely lacking in value or nobility that I can scarcely conceive of it as being the world.

Toda a gente que eu conheço e que fala comigo Nunca teve um ato ridículo, nunca sofreu enxovalho, Nunca foi senão príncipe - todos eles príncipes - na vida...

The nobleman thinks clearly, writes clearly, and controls his emotions, though not his feelings; the bookkeeper controls neither emotions nor feelings, and what he thinks depends on what he feels.

Seeing and hearing are the only noble things that life contains. The other senses are plebeian and carnal. The only aristocracy lies in not touching. Do not get too close — that is true nobility.

In every case, the nobler the genius, the less noble the fate. A small genius gets fame, a great genius gets obloquy, a greater genius gets despair; a god gets crucifixion.

It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.

A man who takes into consideration the feelings of others even when arranging the manner of his own death shows a nobility of character which compels the admiration of all classes.

First of all, I am not royal... and lastly, I am not royal. It's not appropriate.

The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life. Yet such things are a part of our life, neither the least noble nor the most terrible.

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, a great writer and son of a bitch. Just an abject human being. It's incredible that the coldest moments of his abjection are covered under an aura of nobility, which is only attributable to the power of words.

Badgerlock, I rather think …" "Prince FitzChivalry," I corrected him. I looked him up and down. "And do not make that mistake again." "Prince FitzChivalry," he accepted the correction. He opened his mouth and then shut it again. I turned away from him, holding his horse's reins and Thick's. "That wasn't the mistake," I said without looking back. "I meant your trying to think.

I told myself that I clenched my lips shut because it was the nobler thing to do, to keep these secrets to myself was better than to let the truth destroy her. Did I lie to myself, then? Don't we all?

What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr

Därför ska jag ära Morgant, sade Gwydion, för vad han en gång var, och Ellidyr, prins av Pen-Llarcau, för vad han blev.

Honor," he said firmly. "I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the same as power.

Take heart, sir, Cazaril consoled him. It is not your destiny today to win a royacy for your son. It is to win an empire for your grandson.

A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry—even if he is at a convenient height for it.

Elena was observing him anxiously. "What's the matter, Miles? You don't look happy. We won!" A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry—even if he is at a convenient height for it.

You believe in heroes?" Corvino looked at him thoughtfully. "I cannot believe in anything else. A man needs heroes. He needs to believe in strength, nobility and courage. Otherwise we become sheep to be herded to the slaughterhouse of death. I believe this. I am a soldier. I try to fight for the right cause. Sometimes it is hard to know.

I cannot believe in anything else. A man needs heroes. He needs to believe in strength, nobility and courage. Otherwise we become sheep to be herded to the slaughterhouse of death. I believe this. I am a soldier. I try to fight for the right cause. Sometimes it is hard to know.

My father finished his life," I continued, "and made a better foothold for me. And I in my time shall do the same for my sons. Yet it is honor I wish for them, honor and pride of person, not wealth. Nor do I wish for titles, or a place near a Queen or a King, for pride of title or family is an empty thing, like dry leaves that blow in the cold winds of autumn.

Abbott had also impressed on Holmes, possibly by his conversation but certainly by his example, the belief that nobility of character consists in doing one's job with indifference to ends

Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

You laugh at me when I say I want to be a lady, but I mean a true gentlewoman in mind and manners, and I try to do it as far as I know how. I can't explain exactly, but I want to be above the little meannesses and follies and faults that spoil so many women