Noble

Famous quotes containing the word noble:

    That which in mean men we entitle patience
    Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The Moor—howbeit that I endure him not—
    Is of a constant, loving, noble nature,
    And I dare think he’ll prove to Desdemona
    A most dear husband.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy—common clay, if you like—eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can’t imagine dead. And then there are the others—the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.
    Jean Anouilh (1910–1987)