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Quotes About Nobility

Yang paling suci dihormati karen kebajikannya yang besar.
~ Mike Carey
But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.
~ Philippa Gregory
Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.
~ Plato
And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.
~ Propertius
In love's field was never found A nobler weapon than a wound.
~ Richard Crashaw
I hold it cowardice To rest mistrustful where a noble heart Hath pawned an open hand in sign of love.
~ William Shakespeare
It's impossible, " he snapped. "Why?" "Because I'm Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can't be celibate. Everyone knows that.
~ Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Winter
My dear Mina, why are men so noble when we women are so little worthy of them? Here was I almost making fun of this great hearted, true gentleman. I burst into tears, I am afraid, my dear, you will think this a very sloppy letter in more ways than one, and I really felt very badly.
~ Bram Stoker
why are men so noble when we women are so little worthy of them?
~ Bram Stoker
Ella es una de las mujeres de Dios, confeccionadas por sus propias manos para mostrarnos a los hombres y a otras mujeres que existe un cielo en donde podemos entrar, y que su luz puede estar aquí en la tierra. Tan veraz, tan dulce, tan noble, tan desinteresada, y eso, permítame decirle a usted, es mucho en esta edad tan escéptica y egoísta
~ Bram Stoker
So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist - and that, let me tell you, is much in this age, so sceptical and selfish.
~ Bram Stoker
I, Galloran, master of this castle, rightful heir to the throne at Trensicourt, dub thee Lord Jason of Caberton, herby transmitting all rights and priveleges befitting a nobleman of rank and title. Jason arose, moved by the simple ceremony despite the Blind King's ruined castle, raspy voice, and tarnished crown. What about me? Rachel asked testily. You can be my cook, Jason said, unable to resist.
~ Brandon Mull
House Atreides claimed to trace its roots more than twelve thousand years, back to the ancient sons of Atreus on Old Terra. Now the family embraced its long history, despite the numerous tragic and dishonorable incidents it contained. The dukes had made an annual tradition of performing the classic tragedy Agamemnon, most famous son of Atreus and one of the generals who had conquered Troy.
~ Brian Herbert
Herra ja ylhäisyys kanapaistia päivisin söi ja nättien tyttöjen kanssa iltaisin leikkiä löi
~ Bulgakov Mikhail
He knew nothing of earls and castles; he was quite ignorant of all grand and splendid things; but he was always lovable because he was simple and loving. To be so is like being born a king.
~ Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Sir Humphrey Carmichael had paid through the nose for the privilege of marrying the daughter of a marquis, so that his son might call himself a gentleman. A gentleman's wealth came from land, or investments, or inheritance; he never actually took a direct hand in the vulgar business of earning money.
~ C.S. Harris
Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness. —GEORGE SANTAYANA Scepticism and Animal Faith, IX
~ Carl Sagan
I wish people had half the honor of dragons.
~ Terry Goodkind
This was life as it should be lived—proud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man.
~ Terry Goodkind
This was life as it should be lived—proud, reasoned, and a slave to no other man. This was the rightful exaltation of the individual, the nobility of the human spirit.
~ Terry Goodkind
Maybe I would like to see beauty again before I die." "Bah. What would you carve? What would you see before you die? What could be worth your life?" "Man's nobility—the most sublime form of beauty.
~ Terry Goodkind
If I was a nobody you wouldn't be so eager to see me dead. Just like these people you know that I am devoted to the truth. That is why you want to eliminate me. - Magda Searus
~ Terry Goodkind
Art reveals the artist's inner self. Art reveals a man's ideals, what he values. Anyone with that much reverence, that much passion for the nobility of the human spirit, could only be a man who shares my passion for life.
~ Terry Goodkind
medieval monarchs was reassuringly downmarket. For example
~ Terry Jones