Nobility Quotes

“Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.”

“Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.”

“He, too, is good who takes advice from a wiser (person).”

“Better not to be at all
Than not be noble.”

“Be noble in every thought
And in every deed!”

“There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.”

“''‘ He is the best of all who thinks for himself in all things.”

“O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!”

“Be aristocracy the only joy:
Let commerce perish — let the world expire.”

“As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,
So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.”

“Wikipedia: Nobility”

“'''''Ein edler Mensch zieht edle Menschen an,
Und weiss sie fest zu halten, wie ihr thut.''”

“Il sangue nobile è un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.”

“If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.”

“I had been too long away from the nobility; I had forgotten how silly even the best of them could be.”

“But he who neither thinks for himself, nor lays to heart another's wisdom, this is a useless man.’''”

“Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But leave us still our old nobility.”

“Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.”

“Noblesse oblige.
• Variant translation: there are obligations to nobility.”

“to men and women there falls the task of exploring truth with their reason, and in this their nobility consists.”