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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.
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize
the great.
[It., Il sangue nobile e un read more
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize
the great.
[It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni
nobili caratterizzano il grande.]
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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.
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the read more
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobility -- if there is going to be anything like that in a relationship.
Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.
Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish--let the world expire.
Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish--let the world expire.
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