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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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No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. ↗

— Alan Alda

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And love's the noblest frailty of the mind. ↗

— John Dryden

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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

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The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ↗

— Confucius

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Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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