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There is no nobility in poverty. Wall Street 1987 starring Michael Douglas & Charlie Sheen & Daryl Hannah & Martin Sheen & John C McGinley & Terence Stamp & James Karen & Hal Holbrook & Sean Young & James Spader et al, director Oliver Stone, Sheen junior to senior
There is no nobility in poverty. The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 starring Leonardo diCaprio & Jonah Hill & Margot Robbie & Matthew McConaughey & Kyle Chandler & Rob Reiner & Jonn Favreau & Jean Dujardin & Joanna Lumley & P J Byrne et al, director Martin Scorsese
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. Mencius
Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus I i 119, Tamora to Titus et al
To be, or not to be – that is the question.
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? William Shakespeare, Hamlet III i 56-73, Hamlet’s soliloquy
He words me, girls, he words me, that I should not
Be noble to myself. William Shakespeare, Anthony & Cleopatra V ii 190
If there’s anybody out there that can look around this demented slaughterhouse of a world we live in and tell me that man is a noble creature – believe me, that man is full of bullshit. Network 1976 starring Faye Dunaway & Peter Finch & William Holden & Robert Duvall & Wesley Addy & Ned Beatty & Beatrice Straight & Jordan Charney & William Priince & Lane Smith & Marlene Warfield & Conchata Ferrell et al, director Sidney Lumet
Nobility springs from the soul not from the blood. The Borgias s1e6: The French King, Giovanni Sforza to Lucrezia, Showtime 2011
Lechery and debauchery are the very marks of nobility. The Borgias s1e8: The Art of War, Juan to Cesare
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right – especially when one is right. Friedrich Nietzsche
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. Anthony Trollope
Noblesse Oblige. Duc de Levis, Maximes et Reflexions, 1812
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. Blaise Pascal
Better not be at all than not be noble. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. Henry David Thoreau
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. Mark Twain
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions
Be noble in every thought
And in every deed! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus, The Golden Legend
If there is a nobleness in continuing to live, it is a nobleness of suffering, not a nobleness of reforming and transforming the world. Philip Edwards, Tragic Balance in Hamlet
I got nothing against noble men. They just rarely live past forty. Live by Night 2016 starring Ben Affleck & Elle Fanning & Massi Furlan & Remo Girone & Brendan Gleeson & Robert Glenister & Matthew Maher & Chris Messina & Sienna Miller & Miguel Pimenthal & Zoe Saldana & Chris Cooper et al, director Ben Affleck
War puts the stamp of nobility on those who have the courage to meet it. Benito Mussolini