Quotes About Nobility

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.

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.

My lady, as her friends called her, sincerely desired to be a genuine lady, and was so at heart, but had yet to learn that money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks.

money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks.

Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the firdt or onlsy 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.

I never knew how good and generous and tender he was till now, for he lets me read his heart, and I find it full of noble impulses and hopes and purposes, and am so proud to know it's mine.

Money is needful and precious thing - and, when well used, a noble thing - but I never want you to think of it as the 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.

money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks. "I

Aún tenía que descubrir que el dinero no sirve para comprar el refinamiento, que la posición social no siempre es sinónimo de nobleza y que la buena educación se nota aunque la persona tenga que hacer frente a carencias

There are some natures too noble to curb and too lofty to bend.

La verdadera nobleza es caminar toda tu vida con pasos atinados, con pasos que te salen del corazón; es que tus actos estén de acuerdo con tus ideas, aunque el precio sea alto. Y no imponer eses ideas a nadie y ser modesto y compasivo en tu grandeza.

I find myself drawn to literature more now than in the past; not the individual works as much as the idea of literature—the heroic effort and nobility of our human desire to make beauty of our minds—which moves me to tears

Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.

Those who bore others are the plebians, the mass, the endless train of humanity in general. Those who bore themselves are the elect, the nobility; and how strange it is that those who don't bore themselves usually bore others, while those who do bore themselves amuse others. The people who do not bore themselves are generally those who are busy in the world in one way or another, but that is just why they are the most boring, the most insufferable, of all.

Human beings have a remarkable talent for persuading themselves of the authenticity and nobility of aspects of themselves which are in fact expedient, spurious, base.

Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and ought to be a hero.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

As we have seen, Villefort belonged to the nobility of the town and M. Morrel to the plebeian part of it: the former was an extreme Royalist, the latter suspected of harbouring Bonapartist sympathies. Villefort looked contemptuously at Morrel and answered coldly: 'You know, Monsieur, that one can be mild in one's private life, honest in one's business dealings and skilled in one's work, yet at the same time, politically speaking, be guilty of great crimes.

disinterestedness is the brightest ray in which a noble sword can shine.

adiós, bondad, humanidad y gratitud… , adiós, todos los sentimientos que ennoblecen el alma. He querido ocupar el puesto de la Providencia para recompensar a los buenos… , ahora cédame el suyo el Dios de las venganzas para castigar a los malvados.

Ahora los reyes se hacen muy a menudo vulgares.

Edmond, my friend, do not compel me to tarnish that noble and pure image reflected incessantly on the mirror of my heart.

Notre déjeuner est un déjeuner philanthropique, et nous aurons à notre table, je l'espère du moins, deux bienfaiteurs de l'humanité. – Comment ferons-nous ? dit Debray, nous n'avons qu'un prix Montyon ? – Eh bien, mais on le donnera à quelqu'un qui n'aura rien fait pour l'avoir, dit Beauchamp. C'est de cette façon-là que d'ordinaire l'Académie se tire d'embarras.

fortuna, señor conde?