Famous quotes containing the words noble and/or scarlet:
“No speech can stain what is noble by nature.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)