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Better not to be at all
Than not to be noble.
Better not to be at all
Than not to be noble.
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in read more
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued read more
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy
nature!
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy
nature!
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.
There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Or read more
His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Or Jove for's power to thunder.
Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, read more
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.
