Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“A noble company gathered to develop a society that would create harmony, love, and usefulness. Now I sit on the grave of great hopes.... I look back to see a light that went out from itsmall, but bright and pure and true.”
—Rebecca Buffum Spring (18111911)
“The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The Moorhowbeit that I endure him not
Is of a constant, loving, noble nature,
And I dare think hell prove to Desdemona
A most dear husband.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)