Yes, I know it’s a loan phrase into English from some Johnny Foreigner lingo:
Any handouts came from a spirit of noblesse oblige, a kind of enlightened paternalism, rather than from any sense of obligation or entitlement.
But reallly….what in hell does she think the noblesse bit means if not a sense of obligation?
2 responses so far ↓
1 dearieme // Apr 30, 2008 at 9:58 am
The noblesse are meant to hand out their own cash, not other people’s.
2 Chris // Apr 30, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I think you’ll find it’s ‘oblige’ that implies ‘a sense of obligation.’ It’s the nobility who are supposed to have it.
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