![Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
[It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/noble-bold-is-an-accident-of-fortune-noble-actions-characterize-the-great-it.jpg)
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noble teach
There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience. Cat Deeley
noble dominion riches
Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor. Desiderius Erasmus
noble way sophisticated
And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees - it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not. Jane Goodall
noble-deeds ugly good-deeds
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. Blaise Pascal
noblemen lists holy
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty? Brandon Sanderson
noble thee thyself
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created. Baha'u'llah
noble sake faces
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble. Aristotle
noble done wrong-person
It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature. Ben Jonson
noble human-nature
Better not be at all than not be noble. Alfred Lord Tennyson
bold-actions noble fortune
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. Carlo Goldoni
fortune difficulty careful
That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one. Charles Caleb Colton
fortune nations accidents
The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents . . . Edward Gibbon
fortune good-fortune
I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family. Carlos Fuentes
fortune-cookie plans
It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all. Charles de Gaulle
fortune tricks
Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on. Belle Boyd
fortune good imposed privilege rank
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed. Robert W. Welch, Jr.
fortune good ray
Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday. Jamal Lewis
fortune found gotten hanging meeting particular special
I've had the fortune of meeting most of the 'Kids in the Hall.' One meeting was special in particular because this was before I had gotten anything, before anything was clicking, and I just found myself hanging out with Scott Thompson. Thomas Middleditch
fortune hostage
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune. Arthur Helps