Chivalry Quotes

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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. — Honore de Balzac
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition. — Bono
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. — Edmund Burke
Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country. — Lord Byron
The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages. — Horatio Alger
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. — Alice Stone Blackwell
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing. — Nellie L. McClung
The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come. — Charles Sumner
Yea, death and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To… — Khalil Gibran
The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse. — Thomas Bulfinch
I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue. — Meg Ryan
Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off… — Emma Stone
You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry… — Ian Hislop
Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great Anglo-Saxon ball games… — John Fowles
He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a… — Amy Plum
The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put… — James Weldon Johnson
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place… — Lytton Strachey
The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady. — Thomas Malory
Chivalry is not only dead, itâ€™s decomposed. — Rudy Vallee
To awaken chivalry we must return to femininity. We must stop doing the masculine things and become the gentle, tender, dependent women we were designed… — Helen Andelin

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