Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The reivers they stole Fair Annie,
As she walked by the sea;
But a noble knight was her ransom soon,
Wi’ gowd and white monie.”
—Unknown. Fair Annie (l. 1–4)
“The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)