#noble

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. ↗

— J. M. Barrie

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Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community. ↗

— Joe Biden

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I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman. ↗

— Thomas Day

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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

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And love's the noblest frailty of the mind. ↗

— John Dryden

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