#nobles

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords. ↗

— Edmond Halley

#astronomy #far #noblest #sight

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#god #high #honest #honest man #lincoln

If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. ↗

— Morris West

#divine #function #god #his #image

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. ↗

— Boethius

#degrades #either #ennobles #music #our

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#does #ennobles #happiness #makes #men

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#become #creation #extinct #far #god

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#does #man #motives #noblest #stupid

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. ↗

— James Thurber

#composition #curious #fast #getting #graphic

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. ↗

— Aristotle

#his #justice #law #man #noblest

You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world. ↗

— Vicente Fox

#better #better world #causes #commitment #count