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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. -- Anthony Trollope
I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman. -- Thomas Day
I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman without a single drop of bad blood - certainly not German blood. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. -- Richard Rorty
It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick. -- Adolphe Menjou
Yet Conscience is a nobleman, the best in us, and a friend. -- Richard Llewellyn
The mind makes the nobleman, and uplifts the lowly to high degree. -- Seneca the Younger
Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. -- George Bernard Shaw
Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman. -- Edmund Burke
NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life. -- Ambrose Bierce
MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman. -- Ambrose Bierce
I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. -- Oliver Goldsmith
I wanted to be a nobleman; I bought a name and a title... Oh, nothing is impossible with five million a year. -- Eugene Sue
In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you. -- Otto von Bismarck
Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture. -- Rob Kall
The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince. -- Franz Grillparzer
I think the honesty not only shines through in my work, but also my personal life. And I get in trouble for being honest. I'm extremely old-fashioned. I'm a nobleman. I'm chivalrous. -- Charlie Sheen
Madame Tallien shared honors with Josephine Beauharnais in being mistress to Barras, an ex-nobleman and ex-terrorist whose appetite for beautiful women, beautiful young men, and money was the only wholesome trait in his character. -- J. Christopher Herold

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