#noble

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it. ↗

— David Mallet

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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

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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. ↗

— Francis W. Newman

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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

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Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. ↗

— Jean Paul

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A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. ↗

— Albert Pike

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