What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will… — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of… — Maria Jane McIntosh Copy Share Image
Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
You think that commanding an army grants you nobility? Nobility comes from fighting besides your soldiers, not kidnapping a woman to cheat… — Bartolomeo d'Alviano Copy Share Image
They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
In our daily intercourse with men, our nobler faculties are dormant and suffered to rust. None will pay us the compliment to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There was something better in life than this rubbish, if only he could get to it—love—nobility—big spaces where passion clasped peace, spaces… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Make a career of humanity... It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Davellon may be a village, but the Davellon House can be anything you make it. Nobility has to start somewhere. It might… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
Most of the time I live with my pain. I have pain but I won't show it around. I think that's the… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Nature's noblemen are everywhere,--in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord, because he is… — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
Muhammad sets the model for being a good statesman. He also sets the model for being a good warrior, for chivalry, of… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on… — Alison Thompson Copy Share Image
The law is a great thing,--because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Thus did I keep my person fresh and new, My presence, like a robe pontifical, Ne'er seen but wondered at, and so… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. — Riccardo Muti Copy Share Image
If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece,… — Simonides Copy Share Image
The difference between the Pyramids in Egypt and the ones in Mexico is there is nothing inside the Mexican Pyramids. In the… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we… — Lionel Terray Copy Share Image
You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any… — Mike White Copy Share Image
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as… — Shinichi Suzuki Copy Share Image
The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
“A noble deed is a dream before it is reality. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg;… — James Allen Copy Share Image
An age deficient in idealism has ever been one of immorality and superficial attainment, since without the sense of ideas, nobility of… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
“Even in adversity, nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Old dogs can be a regal sight. Their exuberance settles over the years into a seasoned nobility, their routines become as locked… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When one says no one cares about themselves and they are no one this Is only logically when depressed because it takes… — Michael Country Copy Share Image
“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituents of so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility… — John Simon Copy Share Image
There is no doubt of the essential nobility of that man who pours into life the honest vigor of his toil, over… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Don't let the low standards and expectations of the world and others cause you to aim beneath your nobility and ability-dream big!… — Elaine S. Dalton Copy Share Image
“Man may have rank and position and a thousand qualifications, he may possess all the good of the earth, but if he… — Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society; only let us have the real… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Soldiers join the military to serve their country, but when bullets are flying, it's hard to fight for an abstract notion like… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image