Quotes by Noble We were preparing not Peace only, but Eternal Peace. There was about us the halo of some divine mission. We must be alert, stern, righteous and ascetic. For we were bent on doing great, permanent and noble things. Harold Nicolson remembrance noble war I am one of the few goyim who have ever actually tackled the Talmud. I suppose you now expect me to add that it is a profound and noble work, worthy of hard study by all other goyims. Unhappily, my report must differ from this expectation. It seems to me, save for a few bright spots, to be quite indistinguishable from rubbish. H. L. Mencken noble expectations profound This noble word [women], spirit-stirring as it passes over English ears, is in America banished, and 'ladies' and 'females' substituted: the one to English taste mawkish and vulgar; the other indistinctive and gross. Harriet Martineau female noble america The belief that one's suffering has a greater cosmic purpose, and is thus more exciting and more noble, well, it made a lot of sense to me. Heidi Julavits noble purpose suffering Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. Gilbert K. Chesterton fads noble mistake The great advantage in noble parentage is that enables one to endure poverty more easily. Friedrich Nietzsche poverty advantage noble He is noble who both feels and acts nobly. Heinrich Heine noble feels Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism. Henry George laissez-faire-capitalism noble dream Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love. Henry Home, Lord Kames virtuous noble love It is always easy to divide the world into idealists and power-oriented people. The idealists are presumed to be the noble people, and the power-oriented people are the ones that cause all the world's trouble. Henry A. Kissinger noble people world Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them. Helen Keller affection noble joy The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in their psychical - they were more complete human beings. Friedrich Nietzsche barbarians physical-strength noble Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow self-improvement noble life Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow diversity noble heart Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one. Herbert Hoover noble politician president Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease. Heraclitus noble disease religion A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that. Herman Melville melancholy crafts noble If antiquity be the only test of nobility, then cheese is a very noble thing ... The lineage of cheese is demonstrably beyond all record. Hilaire Belloc noble cooking food And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortality wrecks noble Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed. Horatius Bonar noble wisdom thinking «678910111213141516»