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Nobility

«True nobility is exempt from fear.»
«Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.»
«If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest»
«The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire»
«Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own»
«A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.»
«Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.»
«There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.»