"He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come upon us with sudden death in their train."
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"So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions. Those who contribute most to this kind of association are for that very reason entitled to a larger share in the state than those who, though they may be equal or even superior in free birth and in family, are inferior in the virtue that belongs to a citizen. Similarly they are entitled to a larger share than those who are superior in riches but inferior in virtue."
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"A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble."
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"The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted."
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"The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner."
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"It's time that we recognized that ours was in truth a noble cause."
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"Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept."
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"For my part I consider the earth very noble and admirable precisely because of the diverse alterations, changes, generations, etc. that occur in it incessantly."
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"God took pattern after a pine tree and built you noble."
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"Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners."
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"Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering... in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering."
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"The dreams of youth. So noble. So good. And heavy dreamsthey were- made frail only by their own weight."
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"To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us."
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"All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast."
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"The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished that in both the celebration of nature and of God were intrusted to none but men of noble minds."
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"Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?"
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"Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal."
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"Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way."
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"Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom."
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"There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes. And I see no divine person. I myself am more divine than any I see I think that is enough to say about them."
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