Famous quotes containing the words noble and/or scarlet:
“New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)
“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)