Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“Upon Saint Crispins day
Fought was this noble fray,
Which fame did not delay
To England to carry.
On when shall Englishmen
With such acts fill a pen,
Or England breed again
Such a King Harry?”
—Michael Drayton (15631631)
“The noble style immobilizes its subjects.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desireshow many aspirations after goodness and truthhow many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward our fellows, beautiful imaginings thou hast crushed under thy heel, without remorse or pause!”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)