In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. William Shakespeare
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. Bertrand Russell
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. Aldous Huxley
And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared. Homer
