Aristocracy Quote by Tennessee Williams

The only true aristocracy is that of consciousness.

— D. H. Lawrence

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

— George Bernard Shaw

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

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

— E. M. Forster

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

An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

I'm not from aristocracy, or anything like that.

— Michelle Dockery

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 do have strong feelings about the aristocracy: they serve a purpose, but it's a sort of insular strand of society.

— Rachael Stirling

The greatest characters the world has known, have rose on the democratic floor. Aristocracy has not been able to keep a proportionate pace with…

— Thomas Paine