You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Malcolm ForbesTags: morality good measure nobility treat
A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a life of decency, integrity, and kindness, which is much more challenging and noble, if not always quite as exciting.
Lemony SnicketTags: nobility
Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
Christopher PaoliniTags: courage bravery nobility
Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?"
It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love.
Tags: inspirational love death sacrifice nobility made-me-cry
Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
Walter ScottTags: nobility
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTags: misattributed character nobility
Wallace Worthington would have reminded Wilbur Larch of someone he might have met at the Channing-Peabodys’, where Dr. Larch went to perform his second abortion – the rich people’s abortion, as Larch thought of it. Wallace Worthington would strike Homer Wells as what a real King of New England should look like.
John IrvingTags: nobility
Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.
Douglas AdamsTags: nobility
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one.
Ayn RandTags: talent meritocracy nobility ability aristocracy birthright
To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.
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