“There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.”
Jose Ortega y Gasset
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
Oscar Wilde
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”
Elijah Wood
“A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“True nobility is exempt from fear.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath”
Solon
“Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural as air. It is intangible; no one can grasp it or fight against it; it dwells in time / is the same thing as time; if it comes in fits and starts, that is only so as to leave the sufferer more defenseless during the moments that follow, those long moments when one relives the last bout of torture and waits for the next.”
Cesare Pavese
