Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“Rereading this novel today, replaying the moves of its plot, I feel rather like Anderssen fondly recalling his sacrifice of both Rooks to the unfortunate and noble Kieseritsky—who is doomed to accept it over and over again through an infinity of textbooks, with a question mark for monument.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.”
—A.P. (Sir Alan Patrick)
“my pleasure
was in the strength of my back,
in my noble shoulders, the cool
smooth flesh cylinders of my arms.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)