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In the West the Noblesse was a free and privileged class, proud of its liberty, its rights, and its culture; whereas in Russia the nobles were servants of the State, without privileges, without dignity, subject to corporal punishment, and burdened with onerous duties from which there was no escape.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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The indebtedness of the Noblesse is a hereditary peculiarity of much older date.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Many of the old "Noblesse" are without landed estates, and this, I am informed, was because their lands were forfeited when the
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904
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Kondo gives Akira his Noblesse phone and asks him to run from the scene.
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[The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power] [Noblesse oblige]
Eden of the East – What mystery dost thou holdeth? « Undercover 2009
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Noblesse oblige is not a program of social change; it won't make the public schools functional or improve instruction or for that matter train a single person for real jobs.
Michael Meyers: Mayor Bloomberg's Discriminatory Young Black and Latino Men's Initiative Michael Meyers 2011
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Noblesse oblige is pure and simple charity -- that takes the form of handouts and differential treatment of people of color from others similarly situated in conditions of poverty and despair.
Michael Meyers: Mayor Bloomberg's Discriminatory Young Black and Latino Men's Initiative Michael Meyers 2011
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According to Kondo, when the balance on the Noblesse phone hits zero, the “Supporter” kills the owner.
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Noblesse oblige is not a program of social change; it won't make the public schools functional or improve instruction or for that matter train a single person for real jobs.
Michael Meyers: Mayor Bloomberg's Discriminatory Young Black and Latino Men's Initiative Michael Meyers 2011
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Noblesse oblige is pure and simple charity -- that takes the form of handouts and differential treatment of people of color from others similarly situated in conditions of poverty and despair.
Michael Meyers: Mayor Bloomberg's Discriminatory Young Black and Latino Men's Initiative Michael Meyers 2011
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