Courtiers Quotes

27 Courtiers quotes by 27 unique authors

It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself. — Honore de Balzac
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the… — Augustin Thierry
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful… — Joseph Conrad
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers. The… — Chris Hedges
Peoples, be peoples and others will respect you. Be courtiers and others will scorn you and it will be well deserved. — Unknown Author
In the common words we use every day, souls of past races, the thoughts and feelings of individual men stand around us, not dead, but… — Owen Barfield
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the… — Hermann Hesse
Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two… — King Edward VIII
The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly. — Henry David Thoreau
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we… — William Makepeace Thackeray
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise. — Saadi
And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers of wood and… — David Brewster
Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class. — Dave Hickey
When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood-- Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good.… — Henry Fielding
Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy. — Pope Francis
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the… — Walter Lippmann
The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for is a rejection… — John Ralston Saul
Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamber along… — Denise Levertov
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 the soldier's which… — William Shakespeare
The room was quiet, the others flicking glances at me. I ignored them. After years in Sounis's palaces being eyed with disgust by my uncle… — Megan Whalen Turner
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the… — Philippa Gregory
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections,… — Voltaire
The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki. — Robert Gottlieb

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