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I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords. ↗

— Edmond Halley

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The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

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Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

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Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them. ↗

— Henry Norris Russell

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If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great. ↗

— Isaac Watts

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If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. ↗

— Morris West

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For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. ↗

— Plato

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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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