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“The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.”

Mind Has Beens Example Fine Honor Mets Noble Honour Delicate Refined Good Examples

Book:Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste

Source: Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste

“There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank. They designate themselves simply by their superiority in power (as "the powerful," "the masters," "the commanders") or by the most clearly visible signs of this superiority, for example, as "the rich," "the possessors" (this is the meaning of 'Arya,' and of corresponding words in Iranian and Slavic).”

Men Stills Important Felt Powerful Virtue Rich Example Masters Higher Shining Noble Visible Superiority Be A Man Commanders Nuance Iranian Corresponding

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel.”

Giving Children Persons Reason Literature Born Example Ill Noble Servant Vulgar Reserved

Author:Margaret Cavendish

“Look at the world of books nowadays. People just download books. They don't go to a bookstore. Amazon is wiping out Borders and Barnes and Noble. Those are brilliant examples of ephemeralization doing more with less at a better price.”

People World Looks Book Example Noble Brilliant Borders Amazon Bookstores Downloads Wiping Out

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.”

Humans Lying Example Majors Noble Uplifting Stature

Author:Jack Miller

“Suicide is not to fear death, but yet to be afraid of life. It is a brave act of valour to contemn death; but when life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live; and herein religion hath taught us a noble example, for all the valiant acts of Curtius, Scarvola, or Codrus, do not parallel or match that one of Job.”

Jobs Life Is Example Taught Terrible Suicide Brave Dare Noble Parallels Fear Of Death Truest Taught Us Valiant Valour Afraid Of Life

Book:Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals

Source: Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals

“We humans think we are smart, but an orchid, for example, knows how to produce noble, symmetrical flowers, and a snail knows how to make a beautiful, well-proportioned shell. Compared with their knowledge, ours is not worth much at all. We should bow deeply before the orchid and the snail and join our palms reverently before the monarch butterfly and the magnolia tree. The feeling of respect for all species will help us recognize the noblest nature in ourselves.”

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.”

Spirit Sacrifice Example Masters Ideals Noble Vain Renunciation Time Passes

Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it.”

People Form Example Inspire Noble Breasts Sovereign Nobility

Author:David Mallet