Quotes About Nobility

The wise men and men of noble character in the past who were wealthy and exalted were rare. From time to time there were men who received high rank and large stipends, but they did not pursue such things themselves; because the genius and virtues of these men were not hidden, they were promoted by their superiors, and thus only received these things unavoidably. But because they were not always in tune with the minds of men of little caliber, many of them were slandered and driven away.

"And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate—and yet he did nothing!""But why? What was the reason?""The reason… what reason was there? Oblomovism!"

W szale?stwach szlachetnej pasji wi?cej jest sprawiedliwo?ci i nadziei ni? w ponurych rygorach tego ?wiata.

It is a pitiable cowardice to try to overcome fear by ignoring the facts. We do not become masters of our fate by saying that we are. And such blatancy of pride, futile as it is, is not even noble in its futility. It would be noble to rebel against a capricious tyrant, but it is not noble to rebel against the moral law of God.

i see said the duke but my own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind [from memory...]

There's nothing noble about dying. Not even if you die for honor. Not even if you die the greatest hero the world ever saw. Not even if you're so great your name will never be forgotten and who's that great? The most important thing is your life little guys. You're worth nothing dead except for speeches.

What's so noble about being dead?

Speaking of excitement, how's that fine bit of muslin who saved your life, eh, Gareth?" "Yes, have you made a suitable impression upon her yet?" Gareth grinned. "I am working on it." "Ha! I can imagine what your despot of a brother thinks about that!" "Who gives a damn what he thinks? Lucien may be Blackheath's master, but he sure as hell isn't mine. Now come, let's go. The evening waits, and I simply cannot abide being in this place another minute." ~~~~

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love.

They were bound together by the things they'd done. Things the nobility could never comprehend being desperate enough to do

Allow me to introduce Viscount Fitzwilliam," Lady Ivers continued. Sebastian had a strong need to groan. The night would no doubt be filled with tedious introductions. "You are a fortunate man, my lord, to have won Lady Mary over." "I'd have not asked for her hand in marriage if I'd thought otherwise." Right then. So we're not going to get along famously.

The way a man handles himself in his anger may define his nobility.

dat een mensch meestal beter is, dieper denkt, edeler voelt dan hij schijnen laat in de iederen-daagsche banaliteit van het leven, die hem dwingt zich te bemoeien met nietsjes en woorden, ieder ogenblik.

Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.

Mrs. Bevins smiled. "Okay. I'll cop. I think every teacher sees this sometimes. It's not simply intelligence or talent. It's a nobility of spirit. A quality which could make him great at whatever he wanted to do." We

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Fürst! Was Sie sind, sind Sie durch Zufall und Geburt, was ich bin, bin ich durch mich. Fürsten hat es und wird es noch Tausende geben, Beethoven gibt es nur einen.

Prince, what you are, you are through chance and birth; what I am, I am through my own labor. There are many princes and there will continue to be thousands more, but there is only one Beethoven.

Quarrels and acts of violence go hand in hand with the ceremonious abdication of all pride, of which they are the reverse. Noble families disputed fiercely for that same precedence in church by which they courteously pretended to set little store.

The Japanese samurai held the view that what was serious for the common man was but a game for the valiant. Noble