85 Quotes About Noble

The word noble is an old-fashioned word that normally refers to a person of great status, high social standing, or great achievement. A noble person is someone who is seen as being above the ordinary person. The word noble doesn’t necessarily refer to the wealthiest or most powerful, but it does imply great achievement, greatness or quality. The world’s nobility are all very different from one another in many ways Read more

However, they are all members of a common group known as nobility. These are the greatest quotes about nobility that will inspire you to be the best you can be.

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It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot. Sarah Dessen
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks...
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. JeanJacques Rousseau
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Love as a passion–it is our European specialty–must absolutely be of noble origin; as is well known, its invention is due to the Provencal poet-cavaliers, those brilliant, ingenious men of the "gai saber, " to whom Europe owes so much, and almost owes itself. Friedrich Nietzsche
Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice...
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Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice. Criss Jami
Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an...
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Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man. Suzy Kassem
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Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play the noble, and as you'll discover in time, daughter, it's mostly dolts who do. Anthony Ryan
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist...
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It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right. Friedrich Nietzsche
I hate it when everyone is so noble and good...
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I hate it when everyone is so noble and good in a story that you can't imagine it being true at all. Patricia Finney
The Honey that Adorns my soul to Network with all...
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The Honey that Adorns my soul to Network with all Nobility in an Affable Humility means Hannah Wisdom Kwashie Mensah
Hannah means The Honeycomb of Abundant nutrients which Nourish my...
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Hannah means The Honeycomb of Abundant nutrients which Nourish my soul to be Noble in my all networks with an Affable Humility. Wisdom Kwashie Mensah
The people of great value are the people who have...
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The people of great value are the people who have a noble inner man Sunday Adelaja
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Ti­tles are granted or in­her­ited, no­bil­ity isn't. Whatever paper we receive, be it of material or immaterial value — it will never exceed the value of your character being loved by people! Akilnathan Logeswaran
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem...
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Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Let an eagle's stance in life be your stance too:...
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Let an eagle's stance in life be your stance too: Noble and powerful! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling... She has been placed here to help to enrich, to protect, and to guard the home--which is society's basic and most noble institution. Spencer W. Kimball
Beauty is fleeting. But the woman who fear God is...
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Beauty is fleeting. But the woman who fear God is blissful. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Nothing in the whole world is so athirst for beauty as the soul, nor is there anything to which beauty clings so readily. There is nothing in the world capable of such spontaneous up-lifting, of such speedy ennoblement; nothing that offers more scrupulous obedience to the pure and noble command it receives. Maurice Maeterlinck
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His face frankly displays his suffering, expressing it with a truly royal simplicity. At such moments even the very best people are apt to give themselves away with the kind of look which says to you more or less directly: 'You see how I'm sticking it out; don't praise me, it's my nature; thanks all the same.' But the Curé de Torcy looks straight at you, guilelessly. His eyes beg your compassion and sympathy. But with what nobility they beg! A king might beg in just that way. . Georges Bernanos
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Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion. E.a. Bucchianeri
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Humble spirit leads to a noble character. Lailah Gifty Akita
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We are humiliated by what is powerful and mean, but awed by what is powerful and noble. Alain De Botton
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Today is a beautiful day. Thank you! Ron Barrow
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When someone is angry and hateful toward you ~ they spit out all kinds of venom, to inflict you with unnecessary hurt and pain. But when you know who you are within, and you stand by your truth, their venom cannot poison you, its arrow turns and points straight back at them! To be humble and virtuous is a trait of the noble and the righteous Angie Karan
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The heart, said to be man’s noblest organ, has the same shape as the penis, commonly supposed the most ignoble; the symbolism is not inappropriate, because the love which comes from the heart soon extends to the organ which it resembles. JorisKarl Huysmans
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Ambition: it is the last infirmity of noble minds. J.m. Barrie
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If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion. Criss Jami
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When your cause is noble, you shall never know fear. Unknown
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I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper. Amit Kalantri
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Reading is the noblest of all the hobbies, that is why people mention it so frequently in their resume even if they don't read much. Amit Kalantri
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In my meditations, I find that nothing in life counts more than the happiness we can give others, the good that we can do. This is what we must teach our children, to think of others more than they think of themselves, for it is in this way they will find the most noble satisfaction of all. ~ Maurice Drouhin writing to his wife from prison in 1941 Don Kladstrup
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As cliché as it might sound, I'd rather lose than win by cheating. The latter is a much deeper, more personal loss in that one is admittedly whispering to himself his lack of competence. His cheating then begets more cheating, as he is ever-privately, ever-subconsciously insulting himself; thus, gradually deteriorating any remaining confidence. Criss Jami
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You don’t have to keep living in a dystopia simply because you’re strong and noble enough to accept it. A.J. Darkholme
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On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read or heard of in romance, a life sans peur et sans reproche; it had seemed to her then that she had only to will, and such a life would be accomplished. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Trusting to herself, she had fallen. Elizabeth Gaskell
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After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg, ideas would breed like aphids in my head–for creative invention is easy and sublime when air cycles quickly through the lungs and the body is busy at noble tasks. Roman Payne
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But if God and immortality be repudiated, what is left? That is the question usually thrown at the atheist's head. The orthodox believer likes to think that nothing is left. That, however, is because he has only been accustomed to think in terms of his orthodoxy. In point of fact, a great deal is left. That is immediately obvious from the fact that many men and women have led active, or self-sacrificing, or noble, or devoted lives without any belief in God or immortality. Buddhism in its uncorrupted form has no such belief; nor did the great nineteenth-century agnostics; nor do the orthodox Russian Communists; nor did the Stoics. Of course, the unbelievers have often been guilty of selfish or wicked actions; but so have the believers. And in any case that is not the fundamental point. The point: is that without these beliefs men and women may yet possess the mainspring of full and purposive living, and just as strong a sense that existence can be worth while as is possible to the most devout believers. Julian Huxley
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Prayer is a noble act. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Too many disciples neglect their thorn-like qualities. For instance: Opting for singleness doesn't count if you can't attract a mate. Patience doesn't count if you are too cowardly to defend what is right. Forgiveness doesn't count if the offender never respected you enough to ask for it. Don't label your character flaws as noble sacrifices.pg 47 Michael Ben Zehabe
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I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it. Leo Tolstoy
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Yes, I'm sure [the princess] thinks daily of a delinquent midget apprentice growing up to claim her hand ahead of all the nobles and princes of the realm. What could any of them possibly give that you don't have, except titles, land, wealth and all that. Jonathan Renshaw
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Faithfulness and character are noble qualities that God honors. Jim George
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Why should our nastiness be the baggage of an apish past and our kindness uniquely human? Why should we not seek continuity with other animals for our 'noble' traits as well? Stephen Jay Gould
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A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves. Elizabeth George
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Somewhere along the journey i lost myself; i learnt to be who they told me to be, i lived that girl for decades until their truth showed me; the words they were preaching didnt match the the steps they were walking, so i was done with their opinion and went on my unique way. Nikki Rowe
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It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right. Criss Jami
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Save your world. Love it. Protect it, and respect it and don't let haters represent it. Don't leave the saving to anyone else, ever, because, exhibit A - why, hello there - it's way too much for one person. And if you want to skip out on the responsibility train, my whole life - and death - will have been in vain. It's yours. It's all yours for taking! You're not going to waste it now, are you? James Patterson
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I used to read in books how our fathers persecuted mankind. But I never appreciated it. I did not really appreciate the infamies that have been committed in the name of religion, until I saw the iron arguments that Christians used. I saw the Thumbscrew–two little pieces of iron, armed on the inner surfaces with protuberances, to prevent their slipping; through each end a screw uniting the two pieces. And when some man denied the efficacy of baptism, or may be said, 'I do not believe that a fish ever swallowed a man to keep him from drowning, ' then they put his thumb between these pieces of iron and in the name of love and universal forgiveness, began to screw these pieces together. When this was done most men said, 'I will recant.' Probably I should have done the same. Probably I would have said: 'Stop; I will admit anything that you wish; I will admit that there is one god or a million, one hell or a billion; suit yourselves; but stop.' But there was now and then a man who would not swerve the breadth of a hair. There was now and then some sublime heart, willing to die for an intellectual conviction. Had it not been for such men, we would be savages to-night. Had it not been for a few brave, heroic souls in every age, we would have been cannibals, with pictures of wild beasts tattooed upon our flesh, dancing around some dried snake f. Robert G. Ingersoll
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It isn't the evil and indecent who are flung down into the depths, no! Oh, no! The evil and decisive fling down those who are moral, honest and noble but maladroit, hesitant and full of scruples. Andrzej Sapkowski
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Many grim tales stem from your green lands, and still deeds both noble and evil shall yet unfold there. Robin Jarvis
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice. Abraham Joshua Heschel
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I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the truth early, boy. And what is the truth, Stark? It's all very simple. There's no such thing as the dignity of man. Man is a base, pathetic and vulgar animal. Charles G. Finney
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I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the truth early, boy. And what is the truth, Stark? It's all very simple. There's no such thing as the dignity of man. Man is a base, pathetic and vulgar animal. Charles Grandison Finney
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Neither every rich person is noble nor miser. Neither every poor person is humble nor wicked. Salsabeel
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No account of the history of the Allahabad High Court can ever becomplete without an honourable and detailed reference to PunditKanhaiya Lal Misra and the multifaceted and many splendoured trailthat he has left behind not only in the field of Law but in almost everyother sphere of noble human activity. Munindra Misra
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We are noble, good, beautiful, and happy! Friedrich Nietzsche
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Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and gives them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune... Plutarch
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Dav­el­lon may be a vil­lage, but the Dav­el­lon House can be any­thing you make it. No­bil­ity has to start some­where. It might as well start with you. Let no­body look down on you, for what­ever rea­son, My Lord. Ti­tles are granted or in­her­ited, no­bil­ity isn't.~ Tenaxos I to Landar Parmingh, Baron Davellon Andrew Ashling
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Charlie dear, it is I who have to be proud of you. And I am very, very proud of you. You have called me pretty; and as long as I am pretty in your eyes, I am happy. You, dear old Charlie, are not handsome, but you are good, which is far more noble. Unknown
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Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right. Matthew Kelly
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Many pride themselves, staking claim to the noble virtue that is loyalty. However, many resolve to give their allegiance to nothing. How can one demand loyalty, if one stands by nothing, nor commits to the realization of an ideal? Unknown
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Leaving a place, a person or a country silently and without any notice is a heroic and a noble way of teaching the importance of your presence to those who ignore your existence! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Insights are everything. They play central parts in the actualization of destiny. A dangerous insights becomes a colossal executioner. Latching your fate with noble thoughts spares you a life of self-limitation. Darmie OLujon
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Man is more noble dead than alive, because in returning to the earth he becomes earth, and nothing is nobler than the earth that entombs us, closes our eyes, and blossoms in a beautiful eterneity. Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The good things you do for others when nobody sees you make you a real star in the sky, a shining noble star beyond reach! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. Plutarch
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You think me noble?” She rolled to her side facing him. “Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well? Jessica Fortunato
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Don’t be so caught up in the noble cause of responsibility that you lose your passion for who you are living for. Shannon L. Alder
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Tell me about your master.” I nod. “He is eighth in line to the throne, the son of–”“ No, no, ” Caspida interrupts irritably. “Tell me what he is like.”“ He is a gambler, ” I say. There is no point in lying about these things. “He is bold, but reckless. Brave, but impetuous. A man who . . holds grudges.” Pausing, I finish in a whisper, “He would risk his life to save someone else, without even thinking twice.” Caspida turns her head a bit, interest growing in her eyes. “And he sets out on a mad voyage and sails straight into a nest of jinn.”“ My master is noble, ” I say with a smile, “but I made no suggestions as to his intelligence. . Jessica Khoury
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He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shining like the dawn. His sword flashed like the brightest star. He led our people well. Yet here and now he lays in blood pierced with arrows. He was the friend of many knights. He loved the warrior games. His heart was won by a lady fair for marriage they did wait. A kindly prince, his duty carried him to another's bed. And on her death true love returned, finally they wed. He felt the grief of children lost to murder and to pain. I was the youngest of his blood. I'll never be the same. Here lays my father and my lord. I know not what to say. Except my father and my lord was slain here on this day. Here lays my father and my lord. I know not what to say. Except my father and my lord was slain here on this day…. . Laurel A. Rockefeller
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It made her want to stand up next to him and fight. Fight to stay alive long enough to live out her life next to him. Fight for the only thing she knew that was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be, worth risking everything. Love. Lauren Kate
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If you have an elegant stance, a noble stance, an ethical stance or a scientific stance, you will not be appreciated by the inelegant, by the ignoble, by the unethical or by the unscientific people! Mehmet Murat Ildan
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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. Unknown
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I’m a threat to anything that hurts Wonderland, including indifference. Cassandra Kemper
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We are only as noble as our actions prove us to be. Kathryn Lasky
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Avarice is opposed to nobility. It believes that by robbing many of all they have, that it (greed) is cloaked in the nobility that is the birthmark of the people. Unknown
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I notice you didn’t include a blade with your new attire, ” Royce said. “Not even a little jeweled dagger.”“ Lords no.” Albert looked appalled. “I don’t fight.”“ I thought all nobles learned sword fighting.” Royce looked to Hadrian.“I thought so too.”“ Nobles with competent fathers perhaps. I spent my formative years at my aunt’s at Huffington Manor. She held a daily salon, where a dozen noble ladies came to discuss all manner of philosophical topics, like how much they hated their husbands. I’ve never actually held a sword, but I can tie a mean corset and apply face paint like a gold-coin whore. Michael J. Sullivan
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He had acquired a reputation for possessing a noble character, and even for being something of a hero - or, at least, in the assessment of one contemporary commentator, one of those parties who are able to fulfil the public need in the event of genuine heroes being absent or, for any reason, unpalatable. K.J. Bishop
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No despotism, no privileged monopolies, no police societies, no divine rights of the emirs or feudal landlords or shady priests and sheikhs. All had the same equal footing–the rich and the poor, the noble and the common. Rami Ollaik
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You are brave and strong and good, noble and kind. I love you and I think you're... Melanie Dickerson
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She whispered, "Even with a broken hand, you are the knight I'd most want and trust to rescue me-and I know you can do it. You are the boldest, bravest, most noble knight in the Holy Empire. Melanie Dickerson
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Work alone is noble. Thomas Carlyle
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The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. Joshua Chamberlain
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop
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If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. James Bovard
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He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts. John Fletcher