True Nobility
Today’s quote is commonly attributed to Ernest Hemingway:
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; a verdadeira nobreza é ser superior ao teu antigo eu.true nobility is being superior to your former self.
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Não há nada de nobre em ser superior ao teu semelhante; a verdadeira nobreza é ser superior ao teu antigo eu.There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
💬 Today's vocabulary
🫅 Nobre [masc. and femin. adjective]: Noble 🙂 Ser: To be🟰 Semelhante [masc. and femin. adjective]: Similar ✔️ Verdadeira [femin. adjective]: True👑 Nobreza [femin. noun]: Nobility🧓 Antigo [masc. adjective]: Former, old
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