Noble Quotes

1309 Noble quotes by 838 unique authors

Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great… — Catherynne M. Valente
Base words are uttered only by the base And can for such at once be understood; But noble platitudes — ah, there's a case Where… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here… — William Shakespeare
I will be brief. Your noble son is mad. — William Shakespeare
Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely… — Stephen Fry
You’re too visible, Albert,” Hadrian explained. “Can’t afford to have our favorite noble hauled to some dungeon where they cut off your eyelids or pull… — Michael J. Sullivan
You didn’t really hold back on Braga so Pickering could kill him, did you?” Royce asked after the two were left alone in the hallway.… — Michael J. Sullivan
For an hour, blended with all she could offer, something noble had been created which had nothing to do with the physical world. And from… — Dorothy Dunnett
The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship. — Epicurus
Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that… — Andrew Murray
Man's hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or moaning dove. — Ralph Ellison
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know. — Wallace Stevens
In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total ditwads, that the… — Sarah Strohmeyer
What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for… — Winston Churchill
But I am happy. And happiness, I have decided, is a noble ambition. — Seth Grahame-Smith
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet… — John Lennon
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a… — Christopher Paolini
Perhaps because the origins of a certain kind of love lie in an impulse to escape ourselves and out weaknesses by an alliance with the… — Alain de Botton
One of the things forgotten about the human spirit is that while it is, in the right conditions, noble and brave and wonderful, it is… — Terry Pratchett
Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
... there’s also nothing noble about being fearless. How much do you wanna bet the last man standing in a battle is usually the biggest… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
He's a pit bull," Adam said. "I know some really nice pit bulls." "He's the kind of pit that makes the evening news. Gansey's trying… — Maggie Stiefvater
Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down and face them… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Meaning lies in the confrontation of contradiction - the coincidencia apositorum. That’s what we really feel, not these rational schemes that are constantly beating us… — Terence McKenna

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