“His staff had shaken hands with her as though a woman was merely another kind of man. Fools! The seeds of Eve… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“Just as medieval culture did not manage to square chivalry with Christianity, so the modern world fails to square liberty with equality.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I love having the door opened for me. Isn't that just polite? But the key is, would you then mind if I… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Go little book, thy self present, As child whose parent is unkent: To him that is the president Of noblesse and of… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Women are safer in perilous situations and emergencies than men, and might be still more so if they trusted themselves more confidingly… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe... — Ariel Durant Copy Share Image
“How the little courtesies of life on the surface of society, deemed so important from man towards woman, fade into utter insignificance… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background,… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong." He… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
“Quotes about Chivalry: Mason Man-at-arms: "Your wife is a hobby horse." Agathian Knight: "Thanks." Mason Archer: "Your parents, are they siblings?" Agathian… — Torn Banner Studios Copy Share Image
“An offer indeed," said Lord Brandoch Daha; "if it be not in mockery. Say it loud, that my folk may hear." Corund… — E.R. Eddison Copy Share Image
“Mordecai allowed a smile to play across his face. “I have little doubt this ploy will try your patience. You must present… — Elizabeth Elliott Copy Share Image
In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
“He was scowling. "What the hell? If I had a daughter and she was dating a guy like me, I'd take him… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
Chivalry is not dead and you should be a gentleman. But if you are going to buy a girl a drink, buy… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Respect for woman, the much lauded chivalry of the Middle Ages, meant what I fear it still means to some men in… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
Permanent bonds of culture began to be formed between the extreme East and the extreme West of Europe by intermarriage, by commerce,… — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
All peace-loving women shut up when they sense they have stepped onto Guy Turf. Guy Turf is a murky realm of ego… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
If war has its chivalry and its pageantry, it has also its hideousness and its demoniac woe. Bullets respect not beauty. They… — John Stevens Cabot Abbott Copy Share Image
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights,… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
I don't know where my romanticism comes from. My mom and dad would read to me a lot. 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe,'… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“But chivalry’s day is over. One day soon moss will grow in the tilt yard. The days of the moneylender have arrived,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
“Waiting for one’s execution is worse than dying. To seek my beheading is glory. Who went to his execution willingly? Jesus did.… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from… — Stephen Moyer Copy Share Image
“that a knight is guided by chivalry, but his mind and his will are his weapons. His sword is merely the instrument… — Jonathan Moeller Copy Share Image
I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If… — Betty White Copy Share Image
“The truly noble heart sacrifices itself for others’ good, to defend the weak and the good against evil. To a heart like… — J. Aaron Gruben Copy Share Image
You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry,… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I named my album Year of the Gentleman. Just looking at how the essence of what it is to be a gentleman… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
“You must know that I am entirely yours to command." "I see chivalry lives on," she said. "As long as there's no… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
![“In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in the early part of this century. Indeed, chivalry is an age-old protection racket which depends for its existence on rape.” quote by Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/60a/susan-griffin-8475_age_in-the-system-of-chivalry-men-protect-wo_2614812.png)
