Famous quotes containing the word nobleman:
“A nobleman who is wicked is by nature a monster.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“A jackass has that kind of strength, and puts it to a useful purpose, and is valuable to the world because he is a jackass; but a nobleman is not valuable because he is a jackass. It is a mixture that is always ineffectual, and should never have been attempted in the first place. And yet, once you start a mistake, the trouble is done and you never know what is going to come of it.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)