| 单词 | noblesse oblige |
| 例句 | Its graduates are monied, but believe in the concept of noblesse oblige. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I had the impression it was difficult for him to take my hand, but, noblesse oblige, he did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Remote cousins and family friends whom mere acquaintanceship invested with a sort of blood obligation noblesse oblige. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor III was far more enlightened, but his liberalism was paternalistic, rooted in noblesse oblige. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Such rich people hide behind philanthropy and noblesse oblige as they slur the working class and poor people of Gotham as “clowns.” "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Then he added, with more than a touch of cinematic noblesse oblige: "I made them for the poor Afghan people." Defying the Taliban, one (bad) movie at a time 2010-06-19T16:02:00Z With its celebration of the pleasures of condescension, of noblesse oblige, “Money Monster” ultimately folds in on itself. Jodie Foster's Boring and Exciting “Money Monster” 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But there is no noblesse oblige or courtly love, no dragons, witchy women or aggrandizing British accents. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z What’s missing is tension between the public mask and private predilections, the dissonance between noblesse oblige and unlimited privilege. Review: ‘The Royals’ on E! Is Another Pretender to the Throne 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z We believed in noblesse oblige, for we saw ourselves as part of a natural aristocracy, even if we hadn’t been born into it. Why I left the GOP 2012-09-10T13:30:00Z Some of the workers — typically, nearly 1,000 attend — say the dinners transcend noblesse oblige. Saratoga Springs, a Food-Loving Town 2010-08-11T15:20:00Z The novel juxtaposes traditional ideals of loyalty, service, patriotism and noblesse oblige against the relentless, pathological venality of contemporary Wall Street, where, as Thomas’s narrator observes, “legality is the sole animating principle of morality.” ‘Fixers’: A financial thriller with cameos by Hillary Clinton and Obama 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Judith Peabody did not invent noblesse oblige, said William Norwich, special correspondent for Town & Country magazine, which publishes an annual issue devoted to philanthropy. The Gimlet Eye: A Socialite Who Helped AIDS Patients 2010-08-04T21:17:00Z Everything is up to date in this museum of video screens and touch panels except its founding principle, which is the old noblesse oblige. Review | Planet Word, a new museum devoted to language, is a high-tech, feel-good experience 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The book’s “new gospel of wealth” challenges contemporary philanthropists to move past ideas about charity and top-down noblesse oblige benevolence to address root causes of our social ills, especially injustice and economic inequity. Perspective | A voice for the arts, and social justice, joins the National Gallery of Art board 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z But the old spirit of noblesse oblige was often troubled by a certain condescension, a sense that rules are for the little people. Review | Planet Word, a new museum devoted to language, is a high-tech, feel-good experience 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z And while Gaga is currently feeling the heat of backlash for that whiff of noblesse oblige in her "Here's your anthem, gays!" The rise of Adele, new gay icon 2011-02-25T21:40:00Z Weber was no mere classist; her bourgeois variety of noblesse oblige places great responsibilities—and demands for self-restraint, awareness, and compassion—on those who enjoy society’s benefits and wield its power. Lois Weber’s Vital Films of the Early Silent Era 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He gave the titans of society and the ladies who lunch a wardrobe that spoke of old money and noblesse oblige. Robin Givhan on Oscar de la Renta: With style, he wooed women of all stripes Hattersley's rollicking history illuminates a dynasty marked by all the contradictions of aristocratic entitlement – of both public service and ruthless pragmatism, of complacent noblesse oblige and an appetite for the new. The Devonshires by Roy Hattersley – review 2013-05-18T14:00:02Z Towering over the dazzling technical virtuosity on display, anchoring the entire enterprise, is Lancaster — poised, nuanced, contemplative, the embodiment of a woefully endangered notion called noblesse oblige. The Week Ahead: Aug. 12 — 18 2012-08-11T03:44:19Z But back in Florida her actual driver speaks of Mrs. Siegel and her husband as friends, and their relations with the people around them seem relatively untouched by snobbery or noblesse oblige. Review: ‘The Queen of Versailles’ by Lauren Greenfield 2012-07-19T16:06:31Z Tillman strides through the school like a young king, a good-hearted if not especially wise one, treating his fellow-students, and even his teachers, with a hilarious kind of noblesse oblige. “American Vandal” Season 2 Goes from Poop Jokes to Adolescent Dystopia 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z And their noblesse oblige doesn’t play so well when Trump Jr. retweets a fan’s sentiment that “Most of the people hating on you is because you are young, rich and successful. … rock on!” Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z But his noblesse oblige only seems to kick in when he’s flush with good feelings toward an employee — which simply serves to underscore that such modest gestures are his to bestow or withhold. Domestic Confidential: What Happens When a New Mother’s Home Becomes a ‘Job Site’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The novel juxtaposes the ideals of loyalty, service, patriotism and noblesse oblige against the venality of contemporary Wall Street. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I sensed some nostalgia, not just for how groovy the period was, but also for noblesse oblige. For Julian Fellowes, after 'Downton' and 'School of Rock' comes 'The Gilded Age' 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z His Zorro dedicates himself to the equitable treatment of every citizen and rouses his fellow caballeros to practice a democratic form of noblesse oblige. Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Both bachelors about town, both engaged by the revolution with a hope that they, as members of the educated engaged elite, could perhaps offer more than noblesse oblige. Stories from a revolution: The beauty of leaderless Tahrir Square 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Morgan, Robert Lehman, and other financiers and industrialists who inherited the tastes, and in the best cases the noblesse oblige, of European princes. How the Met Was Made 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The To themes of honor, loyalty and noblesse oblige are central to a story of opposing hit men that echoes his sprawling 2006 film, “Exiled.” Film: An On-Demand Option for Johnnie To Films 2010-08-03T22:29:00Z Henckels is an inspector who remembers what noblesse oblige actually meant. Edward Norton on 'Budapest,' 'Birdman' and final bows 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z It's the "noblesse oblige" posturing of 19th-century industrialists, who pretended that building a few museums made up for grinding underpaid workers into dust. The Donald Trump, George Santos, and SBF fraud cases expose the gullibility of rich conservatives 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Given the vast wealth gap between likely patrons and these portrait-subjects, the question creates an inescapable aura of noblesse oblige. Review: A Getty show of Giacomo Ceruti's 18th-century paintings reveals much about our modern wealth gap 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Today, Beek and his family run it out of a sense of noblesse oblige. Column: In Newport Beach, an old ferry company navigates choppy waters toward zero emissions 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z He was one of that imperiled species, a noblesse oblige Republican. At Richard J. Riordan's book club, nearly 30 years of Proust, wine and friends 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z To offset this, there's been a tradition of "noblesse oblige" on the part of America's wealthiest dynasties. Jeff Bezos: Does US-style philanthropy exist in UK? 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Admire the noblesse oblige of those whose inherited wealth is tainted, whose advantages came at a price that others had to pay? Perspective | After a lifetime of vivid symbolism, Queen Elizabeth II faded to gray 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z I love the way you evoke the values of an entire class with three vanishing terms: “noblesse oblige, haberdashery, and supper.” How family revelations enriched A.M. Homes' new novel about a MAGA-type cabal 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Though Alger indeed extols the virtues of hard work, prayer, honesty and saving, his books also hinge upon chance encounters and the noblesse oblige of someone much higher on the class ladder. Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Paying taxes is not a form of noblesse oblige, and the social safety net is not a philanthropic project. Opinion | A Defining Test for Mr. Biden 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Now noblesse oblige, now "Let them eat cake." Military might, market ideology and moral posturing: A toxic combination that has poisoned America 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z FDR's noblesse oblige was open to progressives and leftists. Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Past behemoths trafficked in noblesse oblige, tolerating unions and even investing in their workforce. There is no greater illustration of corporate America’s moral decay than Amazon | Ross Barkan 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The Trump family is a model of bad nepotism — noblesse oblige in reverse. Opinion | Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’ 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Amazon’s hometown noblesse oblige – extending its beneficence to small businesses around its Seattle offices so that they might live to serve Amazonians another day – is akin to a government stimulus package. Amazon is using coronavirus to expand its power – and not for the greater good | Julia Carrie Wong 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Mike Bloomberg — super-rich, former New York mayor, bespoke lord of the Upper East Side — came to the Democratic debate armed with a sense of noblesse oblige typical of all the best billionaires in his neighborhood. Opinion | This presidential race is a New York hate-throuple of white, 70-something males 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But despite his reputation for civility and decency, "the last gentleman" - as Bush's admirers call him - did not always measure up to the ideal of noblesse oblige. Did Britain meddle in a US presidential election? 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z He has learned his politics from mentors who take a “noblesse oblige” attitude toward the world. Surprised about Mark Zuckerberg's secret meeting with Trump? Don't be | Siva Vaidhyanathan 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z You can read this as a self-aware bit of meta text — most role-playing games are about noblesse oblige, and Outer Worlds just cops to it. The Outer Worlds is a cruel twist on role-playing games’ lone hero stories 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Enhanced representations of art by women, African-Americans, Africans, Latin-Americans, and Asians can feel tentative, pitched between self-evident justice and noblesse oblige. The Exuberance of MOMA’s Expansion 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “It’s very nice of you to say that,” he responds with noblesse oblige, noting several times that “we do a lot for Ukraine.” Trump’s call with Ukrainian leader is unlike anything presidential scholars have heard before 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z For some of America’s elite in the 1960s and ’70s, supporting efforts to limit population growth was partly an act of noblesse oblige. Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z All three men were the godfathers of modern conservatism, which sought to purge the remnants of the Republican party’s liberalism and its taste for a certain element of noblesse oblige. Republicans’ lack of alarm over the shutdown reveals a disturbing truth | Ross Barkan 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Douthat argues that the Wasp ruling class, at its peak, was animated by “a spirit of noblesse oblige and personal austerity and piety.” How Not to Mourn the Aristocracy 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But because meritocracy says all success is deserved, noblesse oblige? Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z He was all noblesse oblige and I was all class rage. Opinion | The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Bush’s noblesse oblige and humility were on full display when, as a junior Foreign Service officer, I accompanied him during a visit to Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1995. Opinion | Readers remember George H.W. Bush 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The part of Bush that actually seems to rankle Foer and other critics is what Bush in his very elitist way referred to as “noblesse oblige.” George Bush, exceptionalist 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z By any yardstick, Mr. Bush was an aristocrat, a product of moneyed Greenwich, Conn., where he was instilled with an enduring sense of noblesse oblige. George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The huge prosperous middle class of the US did not appear because of a widely shared noblesse oblige among Aristocrats. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z “There’s a certain sense of noblesse oblige, and to whom much is given, much is expected.” Opinion | A six-term Republican finds himself on the thinnest of political ice 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The talk is of money, noblesse oblige, technology, Formula One. Welcome to Camp Rich: What some super wealthy millennials are doing this summer 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Presidents from FDR to Ronald Reagan and beyond didn’t nurture the United Nations, NATO, the G-7, trade alliances, the World Trade Organization and other bodies only out of some misguided sense of noblesse oblige. Perspective | Trump thinks groups like the G-7 ‘rob us.’ Actually, they’ve made us rich. 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Equality of opportunity has produced a new meritocratic aristocracy that has all the aloofness of the old aristocracy with none of its sense of noblesse oblige. Liberalism is the most successful idea of the past 400 years 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Nancy Pelosi is one of the few persons of high character and noblesse oblige in Washington. House Leaders Call on Conyers to Resign After an Accuser Details Her Charges 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z In a world of haughty ideals and self-professed high purpose, some would call this notion noblesse oblige — that with wealth and power comes social responsibility; to whom much is given, much is expected, etc. Trump’s White House ATM has rich people lining up to get even wealthier 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But of course, as Beard must also have known, her exercise in forgiveness was highly exposing: the pitiful troll, ripped from his shell, versus the noblesse oblige of the Cambridge academic. Can any good come from engaging with internet trolls? 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z What’s more, Charles’s sententious interpretation of noblesse oblige leaves him open to the charge of overstepping the constitutional boundaries of his position. Where Prince Charles Went Wrong 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z It also seeks to legitimize, and deflect unwanted attention from its wealth and power by pretending that its open borders stance is a form of noblesse oblige. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles to explain who Trump has left 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z By contrast the British royals, raised on noblesse oblige, largely limited their public appearances to celebrations on behalf of hospitals, schools and other worthy causes. Anti-Trumpers Channel Their Inner Donald 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The Cameroons’ brand of modernisation owed too much to noblesse oblige, to a vision of society that treated the welfare state as the institutional equivalent of giving one’s gardener a Christmas bonus. The sage of Birmingham 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z They adhered to a gentlemanly code of loyalty, pragmatism and noblesse oblige and saw public service as both an honor and an obligation. What Establishment? 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z They share with the Trump movement a haughty success theatre that complicates their populism: the alt-right’s defense of the white working class, Yiannopoulos insisted, is not an instance of self-preservation but of “noblesse oblige.” Is the Alt-Right for Real? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He puts women on a pedestal: He says he “cherishes” women and talks about all the things he is going to do for them, with all the grandiose noblesse oblige implied in that phrasing. Trump wants to take 'the woman card' off the table 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The first is the noblesse oblige notion that an athlete must be above such demeaning concerns as money. When an Olympian Goes to College, Riches Stay Out of Reach 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Not in a government-from-on-high way, not with an air of noblesse oblige, but in a way that is respectfully attentive to the facts of their lives. The Republican Party Is Shattering 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z He was running a throwback campaign — of policy rollouts, of Bush family compassionate conservatism, of noblesse oblige — amid an electorate clamoring for raw revolution. Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Nor is there any sense of noblesse oblige that, say, Jack Kennedy at least nodded in the direction of when he was wending his way to the White House. Jeb Bush’s fatal flaw: After years of campaigning, he still doesn’t know how to campaign 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Friends say this noblesse oblige flows from having grown up among the Washington elite. Cyrus Vance Has $808 Million to Give Away 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Formally, at least, I’m placed in the position of deigning to drop some coins from my purse in an act of noblesse oblige. Is it finally time for Americans to do away with tipping? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In other words, Kickstarter is trying to practice the noblesse oblige it preaches. Daily Report: Kickstarter Becomes a 'Public Benefit Corporation' 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The nation’s major shipping families also have a reputation for noblesse oblige — many of the island’s soccer fields, schools and hospitals bear plaques with their names. Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In all honesty, though, I’ve never found Jeb to be an especially compelling figure; he lacks his ex-president brother’s pathos and his ex-president father’s anachronistic noblesse oblige. Jeb Bush’s historic crypto-campaign: How the GOP frontrunner made American democracy even more corrupt 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Oddly enough, one of the best human beings to have come out of the tech-baron class is the “establishment”, noblesse oblige, Bill Gates. What Will A Programmer Job Be Like In 20-30 Years? 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The students formed a small, close-knit élite; they lived in the same compounds, summered at the same retreats, and shared a sense of noblesse oblige. Rise of the Red Prince 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The idea of unilateral leadership—enlightened despotism, benevolent dictatorship, the noblesse oblige of “Downton Abbey” and its spinoffs—appeals to us when collective action seems impossible. This Week in Fiction: Greg Jackson 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z "This seems to be the opposite of noblesse oblige." The age of entitlement: how wealth breeds narcissism 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Person said while she rarely discusses her noble lineage, her parents nevertheless instilled in her “an inbred sense of right or wrong” - a “noblesse oblige.” Late Hungarian noble’s path to Pittsburgh 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z If there is such a thing as noblesse oblige de la cuisine, then Mr. Colicchio feels it. Tom Colicchio, Citizen Chef 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z One striking finding was the beneficence of Nobel laureates, or as Zuckerman termed it, noblesse oblige. The Five Paths To Being the Best at Anything 2014-03-11T04:01:39Z It is no accident - it is a rather good joke, actually - that the expression in English "noblesse oblige" is, obviously, really, French. Sex and the French 2014-01-17T15:18:01Z White American missionaries played a similarly complicated role as emblems of both modernity and noblesse oblige in China before the Communist revolution. On Religion: Mission Schools’ Ambiguous Legacy in South Africa 2013-12-27T18:35:35Z It’s a tradition that regards paternalism and noblesse oblige as pejoratives. In defense of “entitlements” 2013-12-19T13:15:00Z “This seems to be the opposite of noblesse oblige.” Rich People Really Are the Worst 2013-08-20T23:05:24Z Paul recalled: "We grew up with a definite value system that had a strong sense of 'noblesse oblige' … you had a responsibility towards your fellow humans." Paul Soros obituary 2013-06-26T11:13:15Z The aristocracy is an institution of noblesse oblige, or it’s a nest of debauched dimwits. Bernard Connolly: Why the Euro Crisis Isn't Over 2013-02-24T17:06:38Z And of course noblesse oblige - so he does. PG Wodehouse and his French connection 2013-01-08T01:19:39Z Bankers – and their families, perhaps – could learn a lesson in noblesse oblige from celebrities. Nell Diamond's peevish #HMD tweet won't win bankers any sympathy 2012-07-04T11:35:56Z I was born noble, and noblesse oblige, as we say in our family. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z They were well-bred lads with inborn sedateness, never boorish nor loud-voiced; noblesse oblige still is a reality in spite of the dissipated, smart set in Madrid by which we too often generalize. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Again, "noblesse oblige" has its widest and most emphatic application in diplomacy. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Those involved in the battle say such campaigns are viewed locally as, at best, irrelevant and, at worst, as condescending noblesse oblige. Wasting Away: Can a Gates Foundation-Funded Toilet-Design Initiative End a Foul Practice in the Developing World? 2012-02-21T12:45:00.217Z It's not unthinkable that Britain's most under-privileged people might bristle at the sight of a titled toff practicing the art of noblesse oblige. A Royal Visit but Little Change for Riot-Scarred North London Community 2012-02-14T08:00:00Z Such is the final form of noblesse oblige in the feudal valley of Santillana. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z I was afraid to ask the price of this swell bedroom, and I began to comprehend the meaning of noblesse oblige. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Lesson: Greed is good, but noblesse oblige builds a better brand. 10 Surprising Brand Winners of 2011 2011-12-21T12:17:30Z This compliment put the chief on his mettle; the evangelist’s protection became to him a case of noblesse oblige. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z “Ha—democratic Hazel in the role of ‘noblesse oblige,’ is something new—congratulations, my lord, on the conquest!” said Mrs. Harris. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z I had to sheathe my claws till they hurt me; but I thought of my position, for a well-brought-up cat can understand the meaning of "noblesse oblige." Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z No law had enacted this, but it had become the rule by the operation of the principle of noblesse oblige. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z It will be seen that the seventh Duke of Beaumanoir was not troubled with moral scruples, and that the principle of noblesse oblige had no place as yet in his somewhat seared philosophy. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z "My dear Lady Caroline, noblesse oblige—and a man must do his obvious duty," he heard Claude saying, in his slightly pedantic fashion. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z I hate honor, and noblesse oblige, and all such tommyrot. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z There is no work for the phrase noblesse oblige to do in Australia. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z The third acquired personal distinction and a sense of noblesse oblige which his failing fortune could not support. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z It was noblesse oblige, and it inexorably controlled the conduct of all men who hoped for recognition as gentlemen. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z He had no feeling of noblesse oblige in regard to Sleepy. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z It is not strange that these two young poets should have enlisted at the very beginning of the war, for they recognized what high-minded men mean by noblesse oblige. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z As Southern hostess in a typical Southern home, she fully realized noblesse oblige, and her punctilious observance of the etiquette of hospitality accentuated the position she assigned him—that of stranger within her gates. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z It had become a matter of noblesse oblige. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z The latter had that strong sense of family attachment which is so marked a characteristic of Scotsmen; and noblesse oblige was a maxim which for him had a very real and serious meaning. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z In predicaments like ours, the rule of noblesse oblige should hold.” Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z If Oswald Lodrin might be regarded as the chivalric embodiment of the old-time 'noblesse oblige,' his cousin Georges was on the contrary the personification of the modern axiom 'noblesse permet.' 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Was it merely the noblesse oblige of a courteous host? A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z There's a noblesse oblige that compels one in spite of everything. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z It would be a grand thing, Tom, if we could extend the application of that old French adage, 'noblesse oblige,' and make it apply to every career in life and every success. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Nor is the point merely or mostly about noblesse oblige. Egypt Proves Bush Right 2011-02-02T21:20:00Z "Yes, it means that I must order at least fifty copies of the interesting effusion," Ad'lin said fretfully, adding with a half smile, "People in our position have to encourage literature--noblesse oblige!" 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z No nerves on the part of the dame, whose motto must have been "noblesse oblige." Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Many weapons, of which the middle classes avail themselves with immense success, are forbidden to us, for noblesse oblige. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z He is a clerical and stanch Royalist, as a matter of course; noblesse oblige. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z In a brief display of noblesse oblige, the Prince took a sip of a pint of lager proffered by one of the spectators at the course. Prince of Wales Surveys His Domain 2010-09-29T21:43:00Z The unhappy lady—perhaps by subtle operation of the principle noblesse oblige—retained some degree of vivacity. The Great Mogul After all, these aristocratic families now and then produce some fine specimens, turned out after the true noblesse oblige principle. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II There was such a thing, argued Tamar, as noblesse oblige, and Jotan was not only alienating his friends by this mad passion but breaking the laws of his class and his country. The Return of Tharn I desired to say, that the nobleman has honor, traditionary, inherited obligation; the nobleman has established and has to maintain the maxim, 'noblesse oblige,' 'nobility requires.' Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine "No, no, noblesse oblige;" and rather than forgive such a sin, he would blight his own life and break the heart of the wife he adored. Little Frida A Tale of the Black Forest They were merely exhibiting, in a somewhat disconcerting fashion, it is true, the influence of republican freedom upon natures unwarped by feudal traditions of courtesy and noblesse oblige. Aliens He was full of the French spirit of noblesse oblige. An Introduction to Shakespeare But, to be sure, if "noblesse oblige," royalty must do so still more, or, at any rate, on a wider scale; and so I take up my burden again—poor young Queen of England!... Records of Later Life The maxim noblesse oblige has no sway there. The Truth About America The Marquis had been walking about the room impatiently, while his didactic son was struggling to explain his own theory as to those words noblesse oblige. Marion Fay The gentry served because they believed in noblesse oblige—with power and privilege went responsibility. The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 It's for a lady—noblesse oblige, you know. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 The motto "noblesse oblige" applies as much to democracy as ever it did to the old-time aristocrat. Another Sheaf That noblesse oblige attitude of yours doesn’t suit me a bit. The Red Hand of Ulster First these "defenseless" creatures goad one to madness, then they appeal to our noblesse oblige. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess It took all my noblesse oblige not to step out of the automobile and refuse to stir. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America The Japan of to-day has, I think, so far as I have been able to gauge it, a feeling—a deep feeling, which perhaps I can best describe as noblesse oblige. The Empire of the East Leo is an aristocrat, and never forgets noblesse oblige.” Our Bessie If noblesse oblige demanded that she should sacrifice herself, suffer the martyred isolation of patience on a monument, then be it so! When Dreams Come True With this beautiful thought in mind, "noblesse oblige," the christian workers of Duluth call upon these talented young ladies for aid in furnishing many entertainments for charity's sake, and are seldom disappointed. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III To do this should become the mark of Nature's aristocracy, a sign of liberality of spiritual birth and breeding, a question of noblesse oblige. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life She was her mother's daughter, in the first place; and in the next place, his own; noblesse oblige, in more ways than one; and then—she saw nobody! A Red Wallflower Gertie, though noblesse oblige compelled her to be gracious to the imprisoned ties writhing under the steel rails, did not really show much enthusiasm till he led her to the justly celebrated Arch. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life But the courtly young Frenchman had quite as great a sense of noblesse oblige as his bride. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands They missed something of the noblesse oblige which was to them as a matter of course. A Dixie School Girl They were urged only by the spirit of noblesse oblige, and the higher ideals which inspire all who have taken up arms against the Germans in this war. 1914 I think it would be nicer—- more like what one would call noblesse oblige—if we let him alone.' Chatterbox, 1906 The negative side of noblesse oblige is more important than the positive. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals One end of it was reserved for flitterboats; three big spaceships sat on the other end, looking very noblesse oblige at the little flitterboats. A Spaceship Named McGuire Still, in his present humour, Dickie's sense of noblesse oblige was strong. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance There can be no doubt that the sentiment expressed by the words, noblesse oblige, has had an influence on the lives of the more worthy of the aristocrats. Socialism: Positive and Negative It came tails, and I had a dreadful qualm, but noblesse oblige; one must be sporting. Lady Betty Across the Water The sentiment noblesse oblige was once the name for the coercive force exerted on a noble by the code of his class. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Jack Ravenhurst was at her regal best, with the kind of noblesse oblige that would bring worshipful gratitude to the heart of any underling. A Spaceship Named McGuire But it is the sort of independence which carries also the deepest obligation, the strongest sort of noblesse oblige. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work The nobility must, noblesse oblige, be magnificent, and as for the rest of the people, it did not matter much so long as they worked hard and stayed quiet. The Book of Business Etiquette Fortunately I am not bothered with noblesse oblige; but I guessed that you county people would worry over it. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World James, perhaps least of all the Stuarts, illustrated the principle of noblesse oblige. Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series No reference to it from their own lips can I recall; certainly no boast, except the tranquil boast of proud serenity and noble bearing, and the noblesse oblige of loving hearts. St. Cuthbert's The American press is an exemplification of this absence of noblesse oblige, and more particularly in its treatment of women. The Californians But noblesse oblige, and we must serve those who have not had our good fortune. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Untouched by the principle of homage or of noblesse oblige, he commanded, or was himself commanded, through the medium of material values. Beginnings of the American People There was noblesse oblige in that smile; also the strong teasing tincture which no Madigan could resist using, even upon her closest ally. The Madigans The law that noblesse oblige has unwritten bearings in dealing with all men; all masses of men are susceptible of an appeal from that point: for this Mr. Carlyle seems to make no allowance. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle The ideals of noblesse oblige, honor, the spirit of sportsmanship, enter into it, and all these concepts are in part aesthetic in nature. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History There's a certain amount of slang and fun that's allowable, but noblesse oblige must always come first. For the Sake of the School She is sincere in her convictions, and able in her arguments; she sets up a high standard of womanly excellence for noblesse oblige, and teaches faith in God and humanity. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. As for you and me, noblesse oblige,”—he watched me narrowly. My Ántonia In people of breeding and good family it may become pride of race—noblesse oblige. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post In his black struggles for enlightenment, he believed sometimes that, in a fantastic attack of noblesse oblige, she had married the other man and gone to Germany with him. August First You might as well try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear as to get such a girl to realize the meaning of noblesse oblige. For the Sake of the School I am afraid you find it rather small, but I was obliged to give the best bedroom to Lady Alice—noblesse oblige, you know. A Crooked Path A Novel It is they from whom noblesse oblige must be expected, who will show in all emergencies their sense of responsibility, who will share all that they have with others. A Girl's Student Days and After But now he was to be a partaker of the benefits of Mr. Jefferson's theories of the treatment of students as men and gentlemen—letting their conduct be a matter of noblesse oblige. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe The doctrine of noblesse oblige was one of the most beautiful of human conventions. The Young Man and the World And well it may be, since the axiom that noblesse oblige has fallen into desuetude, and the word of a gentleman is no more to swear by than a huckster's. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax But it was the courtesy of noblesse oblige, without a trace of deference in it. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert It is the old noblesse oblige under new conditions of privilege. A Girl's Student Days and After Chuck Gates was inbred with the spirit of noblesse oblige. The Killer Instead of a fortune, however, merely a tradition of noblesse oblige had come down to him, like an unwieldy heirloom. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers We lost something of chivalry and of the spirit of noblesse oblige in the transition from feudalism to democracy. Woman in Modern Society He was maturer, with a deeper sense of noblesse oblige. Balloons And I think noblesse oblige ought to teach us another lesson in this matter of work. Stray Thoughts for Girls But on the whole, says Mahaffy—I think rightly—there was something sordid, grasping, and calculating: noblesse oblige made little appeal to them—was rather foreign to their nature. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 "The expression 'noblesse oblige' shows that," said madame. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him We belonged to the aristocracy of Guernsey, and noblesse oblige. The Doctor's Dilemma Its noblesse oblige in politics as well as in society, you know.” The Lion and The Mouse A Story Of American Life Certes, there was a point at which noblesse oblige becomes mere flabby spinelessness. V. V.'s Eyes It was a case of noblesse oblige; their youth constrained them. The Tree of Heaven And this relation will then create for the teacher the obligation to keep this trust inviolable, to practice daily, noblesse oblige. A Study of Fairy Tales He comes, too, as a rule, from those classes of the community in which there are long standing traditions of discipline, culture, and what may be called the spirit of noblesse oblige. Cambridge Essays on Education "Nay, my brother Wilfred, thou wilt not allow me to do that, but of course in thy case 'noblesse oblige.'" The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune In the suppression of a world crime like this it is clearly a case of noblesse oblige! Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation For us in America noblesse oblige applies to every educated man. The Making of Arguments The feeling of noblesse oblige was strongly implanted in this senatorial class. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Nan Sherwood had had little experience with domestic servants; but the appreciation of noblesse oblige was strong within her soul. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways The people's will is final," he conceded, "but this very fact entails responsibility, noblesse oblige! Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts "Oh, never, never! 'noblesse oblige,' you know," with a wave of the hand, soft and urbane. Miriam Monfort A Novel Her idea was, "noblesse oblige," and that a great and ancient house should never stoop to such depths. The Reason Why He had not become so dead to honor but that noblesse oblige did still live within his bosom. Mr. Scarborough's Family Bu-shi-do means literally Military-Knight-Ways—the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily life as well as in their vocation; in a word, the "Precepts of Knighthood," the noblesse oblige of the warrior class. Bushido, the Soul of Japan The officers marched more stiffly as though conscious of official noblesse oblige. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts "P.P.S.—If MacTavish should raise a howl about his fawn leggings, tell him I have borrowed them for the day as I understand there will be V.A.D.'s present, and noblesse oblige." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. He feels proud of being distinguished by the preference of such a girl, and on the principle of noblesse oblige, he tries to become worthy of her. Primitive Love and Love-Stories There are the usual phrases about a citizen's duties and "noblesse oblige," but it suits my purpose. Without Dogma So long as the noble is noble and "noblesse oblige," so long as Church and State are true to their guiding and governing duties, the elevation of the base is the elevation of the whole. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 The principle of noblesse oblige was also involved in the matter. The Marrow of Tradition The code of Holiday "noblesse oblige" was operating. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Let us, in our criticisms of the policy of those who watch over the destinies of other countries, whilst firmly upholding our rights, strictly adhere to the principle of noblesse oblige. A Cotswold Village He possessed infinite courage, an averagely good mind, and a sense of honor with a clear charm and noblesse oblige that varied it from righteousness. This Side of Paradise He found, with rare and mythical exceptions, that there was no noblesse oblige among the business and financial supermen. Burning Daylight An adventurer like Lemuel Struthers might build up the millions of his Shoe Polish on any number of shady dealings; but unblemished honesty was the noblesse oblige of old financial New York. The Age of Innocence As for you and me, noblesse oblige'—he watched me narrowly. My Antonia A sense of loyalty to the others, a noblesse oblige, compels one to be as lavish as those flamboyant outsiders who go there. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation As we look at these two, we must own that noblesse oblige in a sense sweeter than we knew, and be glad when young Sculpin invites us to see the family portraits. Prue and I For noblesse oblige; high position demands high virtues, and the officers should be the last to leave a wreck. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts But if he was letting those purple socks rankle to that extent, the good old noblesse oblige of the Woosters couldn't lower itself to the extent of pleading with the man. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories I say, noblesse oblige, and a man of our family who hasn't got courage, I don't care not this pinch of snuff for him—there, now, I don't! The Virginians Where feudalism was preserved, the feudal chief, if the feeling of noblesse oblige was strong, might act as a centre of progress, but where this was lacking social decay set in. The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity It wasn't therefore only that noblesse oblige, she thought, as regards yourself, but that it ensures as nothing else does in respect to your wife. Madame De Mauves "But noblesse oblige," she murmured to herself proudly, not realizing that she had spoken aloud. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories I told him he didn’t know the old noblesse oblige spirit of the Jacksons. Mike With the passing of the "lady," American women may fail to remember that a gentlewoman need pretend to no aristocracy but that of the noblesse oblige of her own femininity. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates From another they retain still the lofty dignity of noblesse oblige. The Claim Jumpers The old society secured its leadership through noblesse oblige—the obligation of nobility. The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty Of such human beings it may be said that noblesse oblige. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee It is cautious in its expenditures, efficient in its administration, proud in maintaining its standards of honour, justice and "noblesse oblige." Towards the Great Peace I told him he didn't know the old noblesse oblige spirit of the Jacksons. Mike and Psmith In Prussia the old Feudal caste remains—in a decadent state, certainly, but perhaps for that very reason more arrogant, more vulgar, and less conscious of any noblesse oblige than even before. The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife We have lost "noblesse oblige": we may even be glad it is gone, if we can substitute for it something larger and better. The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty But noblesse oblige, and all the more binding is her duty to respect tradition. Peaceless Europe It was a rotten world to live in, this, where a fellow couldn't say noblesse oblige without upsetting the universe. Uneasy Money But noblesse oblige: an admiral does not desert his ship or its crew. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 And here was his son—a youth in aspect fitting perfectly to Samuel's vision; a very prince of the blood, yet genial and free-hearted— noblesse oblige! Samuel the Seeker I am going to take you into my confidence, for you understand the need for secrecy, and will surely help in every way—noblesse oblige. The Voice on the Wire The greater the sacrifice the more gladly she would make it, in order that she too might prove that a Southern girl could not be surpassed in noblesse oblige by a Northern man. Without a Home No. Yet whenever she made suggestions as to how the thing was to be done, he snubbed her by saying noblesse oblige. Uneasy Money The Major was the very type of a blue-blooded old aristocrat; he was all noblesse oblige to those within the magic circle of his intimacy—but alas for those outside it! The Metropolis We must be very nice and kind and affable to them—noblesse oblige, as it were—but we must never forget that we were Merediths. Further Chronicles of Avonlea This self-suppression, and also the concealment of pain are two of the old noblesse oblige characteristics which are now little more than a tradition. Through the Magic Door Poor fellow! it was a mistaken reading of noblesse oblige, and he is very much ashamed of it. Magnum Bonum Naturally a refined and sensitive young girl objected to having things like noblesse oblige said to her. Uneasy Money One must not expect the motto of 'noblesse oblige' to weigh with modern young women—more's the pity! God's Good Man It's a sort of offshoot from that very tyrannical law of noblesse oblige. The Small House at Allington The lady I speak of lived and died under the old regime of noblesse oblige. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten A peerage was an hereditary possession that, like the family land, concerned only the eldest sons of the house; it radiated no luster of noblesse oblige. In the Days of the Comet Where was the sense in saying noblesse oblige? Uneasy Money And when Nancy spoke in the Van Alstyne Fisher tones she felt the thrill of noblesse oblige to her very bones. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million When our credit played out there, Liverpool, whose stomach overshadowed his sensations of noblesse oblige, married Chica. Sixes and Sevens And then he went out of the present, and there came back to him out of some impossible, vanished, and irrevocable past a little, pure-white, transient, forgotten ghost—the spirit of noblesse oblige. Strictly business: more stories of the four million As our friend so aptly quoted, noblesse oblige. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large There are the nobly proud, whose conception of "ought," of "noblesse oblige," makes them the real aristocrats of the race. The Foundations of Personality And he rode away—rode away cursing noblesse oblige, but knowing he could never have done anything else. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Why, if I had not recollected that noblesse oblige, I should not have been all alone now.” The Water-Babies "It's only this, that noblesse oblige, and that kind of thing, you know." Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large |
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