Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“O what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,
My very noble and approved good masters.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)