#noble

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. ↗

— George Orwell

#does #exists #felt #forces #him

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#concealed #deeds #esteemed #most #noble

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race. ↗

— James Payn

#because #benefit #cherished #example #human

An honest man's the noblest work of God. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#honest #man #noblest #work

New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions. ↗

— Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

#good #her #home #new #new england

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? ↗

— Michelangelo

#blind #cannot #clothed #empty #fact

I find Jessica Jones a much more interesting character to write for than Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is so noble and heroic, and I don't find that as interesting as one who's really damaged and flawed and has post-traumatic stress disorder. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#damaged #disorder #find #flawed #heroic

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#another woman #appeal #better #every #every man

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#dust #fame #great #into #life

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand. ↗

— Olive Schreiner

#bring #finer #human #human being #into