noblesse oblige
- n the obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and generous (often used ironically)
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- South Korean Man Poses as HMS Grad to Woo Fiancée and Take Her Money
Harvard students are notoriously wary of "dropping the H-bomb" in everyday life, and our collegiate version of noblesse oblige—the old “I go to school in Cambridge”—has become proverbial . But, at least in some countries, fans of the the Crimson seem to have fewer qualms about name dropping—especially if they’ve never set foot at Harvard.
Sept. 21, 2013 - The Harvard Crimson