The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
The fawning courtier and the surly squire often mean the same thing,--each his own interest. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise. — Saadi Copy Share Image
Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A rule that may serve for a statesman, a courtier, or a lovernever make a defence or an apology before you be… — Charles I of England Copy Share Image
“Courtiers were supposed to sound musical when they spoke, their laughter like a harp chord and their sneezes like notes on a… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius Copy Share Image
I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort… — Baldassare Castiglione Copy Share Image
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Peoples, be peoples and others will respect you. Be courtiers and others will scorn you and it will be well deserved. — Louis-Joseph Papineau Copy Share Image
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
“Who does not know that without women we can feel no content or satisfaction throughout this life of ours, which but for… — Baldassare Castiglione Copy Share Image
The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly. They make shift to live merely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All live by seeming. The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming;… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and… — Augustin Thierry Copy Share Image
And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
The room was quiet, the others flicking glances at me. I ignored them. After years in Sounis's palaces being eyed with disgust… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
“Cardan had grown up in the palace, a wild thing to be cosseted by courtiers and scowled at by the High King.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Though freedom and wealth are both good things which most of us desire and though we often need both to obtain what… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud; not… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life. — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
...many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern… — Carleton S. Coon Copy Share Image
To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
