Quotes and Sayings About Noble
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
-- A. P. HerbertSource : 1935 Uncommon Law,'Fox-Hunting Fun'.
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?
-- Adelaide Anne ProcterSource : Adelaide Anne Procter (1861). “Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses”, p.15
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Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
-- Adrienne Clarkson -
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Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.
-- AeschinesSource : Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dinarchus (1836). “The Orations of Demosthenes”, p.159
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Learn, earn, return - these are the 3 phases of life. Jack Balousek There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone to succeed.
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It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.
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If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think barter is a noble thing.
-- Albert Einstein -
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The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on.
-- Albert J. Nock -
Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.
-- Albertus MagnusSource : "Discovering the cosmos". Book by R.C. Bless, p. 686, 1996.
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Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero.
-- Alex Bledsoe -
As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.
-- Alexander the Great -
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There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well;
-- Alexander the Great -
Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble.
-- Alfred KazinSource : Quoted in M Korda Power in the Office (1976).
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For words divide and rend But silence is most noble till the end.
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For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.
-- Alice CarySource : Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer (1876). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”, p.176
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It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.
-- Andre Gide -
All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day.
-- Aprilynne PikeSource : "Three Plays".
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. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
-- Aristotle -
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We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.
-- Aristotle -
He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come upon us with sudden death in their train.
-- Aristotle -
Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy.
-- Arnaud Desjardins -
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Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
-- Arthur Conan Doyle -
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
-- Barbara Mertz -
The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
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Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
-- Blaise Pascal -
My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect.
-- Bob Dylan