Nobleman Quotes
19 quotes by 18 authors
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I wanted to be a nobleman; I bought a name and a title... Oh, nothing is impossible with five million a year.
— Eugene Sue
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I think the honesty not only shines through in my work, but also my personal life. And I get in trouble for being honest. I'm…
— Charlie Sheen
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NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really is my enemy, that I am free to marry a…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.
— Richard Rorty
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I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.
— Ambrose Bierce
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In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no…
— Otto von Bismarck
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It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had…
— Adolphe Menjou
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Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.
— George Bernard Shaw
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
— Anthony Trollope
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And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he…
— Charles Dickens
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My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone,…
— Alexandre Dumas
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I can't keep my head above water one minute to the next: it's not just the parties and the goo-gooing with what's-her-name, I've got the…
— William Goldman
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You’re a slave? (Eleni) I was. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come here. (Acheron) Take your cloak off and sit, Acheron. You’ve done nothing to…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I'm an amalgamation of what I've needed to be. Part scholar, part rebel, part nobleman, part Mistborn, and part soldier. Sometimes I don't even know…
— Brandon Sanderson
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A minor fief had risen up against their cruel and avaricious lord, with hundreds of people surrounding his Manor house, threatening to burn it to…
— John Flanagan
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I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.
— Thomas Day
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A jackass has that kind of strength, and puts it to a useful purpose, and is valuable to the world becausehe is a jackass; but…
— Mark Twain
Who Wrote These Nobleman Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 19 Nobleman Quotes as follows: