Iron work-glove sculpture resting on a small bronze crown

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Robin

Nobility is not a birth-right, it is defined by one's actions.

— Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · 1991

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Titles and bloodlines get dismissed here. What actually earns nobility, this insists, is behavior rather than inheritance. Someone born without rank can act nobly, while someone born into privilege can just as easily fail to.

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