Nobleman Quotes

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. - Richard Rorty

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. - Bible

Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman, but he cannot make a gentleman. - Edmund Burke

PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.

Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains. --Rev. Dr. Mucker
(in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman)

Cold pie is a detestable American comestible. That's why I'm done --or undone -- So far from that dear London.
(from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo) - Ambrose Bierce

Philosophy did not find Plato already a nobleman! it made him one. - Seneca

MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman. - Ambrose Bierce

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman. - Thomas Day

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. - Bible