Nobility Quotes
To ennoble is to diminish by robbing people of their complexity, their completeness, of their humanity, which is always clouded by what gets stirred up at the bottom.
Men are not angels, ” Akhmar affirmed. “And so men have the chance to be noble, in a way that angels cannot.
The honourable are moved, by the nobility of another's sacrifice. The wicked are moved only by causing it.
Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.
Greed is mistaken nobility. Instead of robbing all the pain and hardship from people's lives and rescuing them from danger, greed robs provisions from providers.
Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me?
