#noble

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. ↗

— Dodie Smith

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I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth degree, factoring in all the goodness they can perceive, which often isn't much, and then call that God. And while it may seem like a noble effort, the truth is that it falls pitifully short of who I really am. I'm not merely the best version of you that you can think of. I am far more than that, above and beyond all that you can ask or think. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

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Kenzie approached sheepishly, one half of the broken rattan in her hand. "Sorry," she said, holding up the ruined weapon with a helpless gesture. "It...uh...died a noble death. I can only hope it gave that thing a wicked tongue splinter. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

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To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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