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It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written. -- Andre Gide
History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness. -- Vincent Massey
Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children. -- J. William Fulbright
Our diplomacy ended up giving a bad conscience to an international community capable only of expressing noble sentiments while doing nothing, .. So how can one explain that we are today investigating an action our country should be proud of?. -- Alain Juppe
Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one. -- Rudy Giuliani
To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life. -- Lucy Stone
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. -- George Sand
Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings. -- Victor Hugo
It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment. -- Demosthenes

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