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Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line
Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine
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Fond man! though all the heroes of your line
Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine
In proud display; yet take this truth from me--
Virtue alone is true nobility!
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces
the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces
the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.
Success begins with belief and ends with doubt.
Success begins with belief and ends with doubt.
America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have read more
America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.
There are obligations to nobility.
[Lat., Noblesse oblige.]
There are obligations to nobility.
[Lat., Noblesse oblige.]
