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    War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

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There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Nobility Quotes,
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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.

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A noble pair of brothers.
[Lat., Par nobile fratum.]

A noble pair of brothers.
[Lat., Par nobile fratum.]

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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Nobility Quotes,
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Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet read more

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Nobility Quotes,
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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

by Hermann Hesse Found in: Nobility Quotes,
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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.]

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His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
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His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Or Jove for's power to thunder.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Nobility Quotes,
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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.]

by Goldoni Found in: Nobility Quotes,
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