Nobility Quotes

257 quotes by 215 authors

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for… — Aristotle
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to… — Aristotle
Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films… — Theodore Bikel
The army is the true nobility of our country. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. — Edmund Burke
Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference. — Albert Camus
True nobility is exempt from fear. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Traces of nobility, gentleness, and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which… — Walt Kelly
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural… — Cesare Pavese
What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? — Theodore Roethke
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human teachings… — H.G. Wells
Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in… — Dorothy Day
No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field,… — Mark Twain
There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn't just fall to a person's lot, that each man owes her… — Seneca the Younger

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