(7 quotes found)
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”
Confucius
“The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study”
William Ramsay
“The easiest and noblest way is not to be disabling to others but to be improving yourselves.”
Socrates
“Most heartfelt, I thank my typewriter. My typewriter is a Hermes 3000, surely one of the noblest instruments of European genius.”
Larry McMurtry
“I believe religion is an extraordinarily powerful force that has inspired the noblest best and the worst. But now we're in a world where we have many different ways that a small number of people can wreak havoc. The danger has escalated to a totally different level.”
Charles Kimball
“Do what thy manhood bids thee do from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies, who makes and keeps his selfmade law.”
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
Sir Richard Burton
“Eugene Aram, though a thief, a liar, and a murderer, / Yet, being intellectual, was amongst the noblest of mankind.”
C. S. Calverley
