Aristocracy Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only true aristocracy is that of consciousness.

— D. H. Lawrence

Aristocracy's only an admission that certain traits which we call fine - courage and honor and beauty and all that sort of thing -…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

— Benjamin Disraeli

There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!

— Tennessee Williams

Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy atmosphere. You…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

What I used to respect was not really aristocracy, but a set of personal qualities which aristocracy then developed better than any other system…

— H. P. Lovecraft

There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent…

— Tom Robbins

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

Aristocracy has a tendency to degenerate the human species.

— Thomas Paine

Wherever the appearance of a conventional aristocracy exists in America, it must arise from wealth, as it cannot from birth. An aristocracy of mere…

— Harriet Martineau

Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“I believe in aristocracy. . . — if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of…

— E. M. Forster