Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1252 |
AUTHOR: | James Russell Lowell (1819–91) |
QUOTATION: | Be NOBLE! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Be noble, and the nobleness that Lies in other men—sleeping but Never dead—will rise in majesty To meet thine own —Inscription on south facade of Union Station, Washington, D.C. |
SUBJECTS: | Nobility |