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The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.
[Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]
The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.
[Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
A noble soul alone can noble souls attract;
And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
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A noble soul alone can noble souls attract;
And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
[Ger., Ein edler Mensch zieht edle Menschen an,
Und weiss sie fest zu halten, wie ihr thut.]
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!
Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.
Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.
Ay, these look like the workmanship of heaven;
This is the porcelain clay of human kind,
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Ay, these look like the workmanship of heaven;
This is the porcelain clay of human kind,
And therefore cast into these noble moulds.
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.
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.
