Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong. — Edwin Arnold
Man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his… — Herman Melville
There is something very wonderful about music. Words are wonderful enough; but music is even more wonderful. It speaks not to our thoughts as words… — Charles Kingsley
The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law. — Euripides
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do. — Sophocles
The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with… — Lucy Larcom
No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer… — Lucy Larcom
No matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never… — Margaret Mitchell
It is easy to recollect the good things of life, the times when one's heart rejoices and expands, when everything is enfolded in kindness and… — Oliver Sacks
One thing about pioneers that you don't hear mentioned is that they are invariably, by their nature, mess-makers. They go forging ahead, seeing only their… — Robert M. Pirsig
People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk. — Max Beerbohm
Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess… — Clarence Day
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their… — Pierre Corneille
There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries. — Charles Simmons
Love makes use of the worst traps. The least noble. The rarest. It exploits coincidence. — Jean Genet
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity… — Paul Tsongas
My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told… — Dean Norris
The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist… — Albert J. Nock
My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect. — Bob Dylan
To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working… — Fiona Shaw
Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble and truthful or… — Frederick Lenz
"We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles,… — Abraham Cowley
When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So… — William Sanderson
My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it. — George Weah

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