Down
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Both words in one sentence
- Turns out he was a noble leader of a slave revolt, he just never lived down a Nice Job Breaking It, Hero moment and his reputation had snowballed from there over the centuries.
Source: Never Live It Down / Video Games - Lelouch, The Protagonist, openly admits that he's doing reprehensible things in pursuit of noble goals (bringing down The Empire and making the world a better place for his Morality Pet sister).
Source: Necessarily Evil -
Nogg: Does failing so many times mean I should give up, or that it's more noble that I keep getting up to get knocked down again?
Source: Rhetorical Question Blunder
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