“A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso, Act I, sc. i (1790)
“A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noble-mindedness, of genius.”
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
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“It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.”
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“People of Kommagini, let the glory of Antiochos,
the noble king, be celebrated as it deserves.”
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) Greek poet
" Epitaph of Antiochos, King of Kommagini http://cavafis.compupress.gr/kave_115.htm" (1923) <!-- some of the ironies of the poem are lost with only this portion of it … but so it goes...--> <br class="br">Context: People of Kommagini, let the glory of Antiochos,<br>the noble king, be celebrated as it deserves.<br>He was a provident ruler of the country.<br>He was just, wise, courageous.<br>In addition he was that best of all things, Hellenic —<br>mankind has no quality more precious:<br>everything beyond that belongs to the gods.