Famous quotes containing the word noble:
“The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“She might, so noble from head
To great shapely knees
The long flowing line,
Have walked to the altar
Through the holy images
At Pallas Athena’s side....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Almost any noble verse may be read, either as his elegy or eulogy, or be made the text of an oration on him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)