Nobility Quotes
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The law is a great thing,--because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in its strength, no tyrant can be above it. But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, and of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.
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There isn’t anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.
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Virtue alone is true nobility.
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The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression.
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What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?
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Nobility is often no more than the inner aspect which our egotistical feelings assume when we have not yet named and classified them.
