Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion.
A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.
My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.
In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
'Tis nobler to lose honor to save the lives of men than it is to gain honor by taking them.
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.
There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
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