#nobles

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#man #noblest #occupation #publication #search

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#among #definition #enthusiasm #god #greeks

Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to an end, France remained, in the whole complexion of her social life, completely aristocratic. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#ascendancy #came #completely #complexion #end

Give us that grand word "woman" once again, and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#beautiful #done #fine #firm #fit

Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.) ↗

— Tom Angleberger

#noblesse-oblige #humor

simple love's hard to come by/ I'm just living my life, and I'm trying to be a lady. ↗

— L.divine

#breyana #facebook #youtube #life

If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#finance #helping-others #inspiration #noblesse-oblige #success

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#best #count #deeds #dial #feels

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. ↗

— William Bennett

#democracy #export #human #human rights #noblest

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords. ↗

— Edmond Halley

#astronomy #far #noblest #sight