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NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prio
The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?...
No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.
-- Thomas Hood (1798-1845) -- The Song of the Shi...
Noblesse oblige. [Nobility has its obligations.] -- Gaston Pierre Marc, Duc de Levis (1764-1830) -- Maximes et Reflexions (1812 ed.
) -- "Morale: Maximes et Preceptes" no. 73...
Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)...
No boasting of wealth before one's neighbor. It is favorable to attack with force.
Nothing that would not further....
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
-- Carl Jung...
Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are. -- Marlon Brando
Nobody believes a rumor in Washington until it's officially denied. -- Edward Cheyfitz
Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.
-- Ron Nese...

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