#noble

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop. ↗

— Tacitus

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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#died #how #idea #ideas #men

All those people whose faces decorate the shopping bags of Barnes and Noble, with a few exceptions, would never get published today. ↗

— Mark Crispin Miller

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If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble. ↗

— Michael Moore

#ever #good #good movie #making #movie

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. ↗

— Tecumseh

#death #divide #for the day #go #great

You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#afraid #canada #capital #causes #noble

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary. ↗

— Francis W. Newman

#consists #continuous #gentle #instincts #man

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#business #conservation #enterprise #exist #fails

Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#did #i #journalism #know #looked