#noble

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination. ↗

— Robert South

#contract #enlarge #faculty #fancy #far

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. ↗

— Muriel Spark

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I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Of every noble work the silent part is best, of all expression that which can not be expressed. ↗

— William Wetmore Story

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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. ↗

— Tacitus

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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich. ↗