Venerable Quotes

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

It seems to me that Sotheby's is very much like the British monarchy: an old and apparently very venerable institution which is in fact very nimble on its feet, an institution invested with a great deal more self-interest than the public image would suggest.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.

Almost every venerable tradition at a men's club starts out as a joke.