Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“Peter is poor, said noble Paul,
And I have always been his friend:
And, though my means to give are small,
At least I can afford to lend.
How few, in this cold age of greed,
Do good, except on selfish grounds!
But I can feel for Peters need,
And I WILL LEND HIM FIFTY POUNDS!”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)
“The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass. Armenian refugees, Jewish refugees, refugees from Franco Spain. But a political leader or artistic figure is an exile. Thomas Mann yesterday, Theodorakis today. Exile is the noble and dignified term, while a refugee is more hapless.... What is implied in these nuances of social standing is the respect we pay to choice. The exile appears to have made a decision, while the refugee is the very image of helplessness.”
—Mary McCarthy (19121989)
“Its impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.”
—Sophocles (497406/5 B.C.)