Lofty

Famous quotes containing the word lofty:

“For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there is all the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.”
—Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809–1852)

“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

“People understand God as the expression of the most lofty morality. Maybe He needs only perfect people.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)