Quotes About Nobility

Man,--the aristocrat amongst the animals.

Never underestimate the capacity of noble young men to do incredibly foolish things for perfectly good reasons.

It is within the power of every man to live his life nobly, but of no man to live forever. Yet so many of us hope that life will go on forever, and so few aspire to live nobly.

Not every great man is a grand human being.

All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky.

How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest.

She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone out of men.

Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.

All men of honor are alone.

Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.

No noble man ever hated good wine.

Men inadvertently comport themselves with nobility when they have grown accustomed to wanting nothing from others and always giving to them.

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.

It is for you and me to show that no vice is inherent in man.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

Will you continue doing goodness even if you know that no one will know them? Will you continue doing kindness even if you know that no one will remember them? Then, you are truly a holy man!

Any man's greatness is a tribute to the nobility of all mankind, so when we celebrate the genius of [Leo] Tolstoy, we say, "Look! One of our boys made it! Look what we're capable of!"

Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

It is the duty of a great person so to demean himself, as that whatever endowments he may have, he may appear to value himself upon no qualities but such as any man may arrive at.

A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.