Chivalry Quote by Thomas Bulfinch Download Open image “The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.” — Thomas Bulfinch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chivalry Horse
Chivalry is not just a fancy word with a neat meaning; it's a way of life. — Vaughn Ripley Copy Share Image
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way. — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
There is no word in English for chic. Why should there be? Everything chic is by legend French. Perhaps everything chic is in reality… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages. — Horatio Alger Copy Share Image
“What Joan impressed on the men by her faith and her actions, then, had more to do with the things of God that the… — Donald Spoto Copy Share Image
“Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their conduct. Some of the vaunted knights of… — The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters Copy Share Image
Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend, and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and… — Matt Frewer Copy Share Image
More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life... — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Yes, I think that when the Bible refers to a horse or a horseman, that's exactly what it means. — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society,… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
“Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you.” — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
To awaken chivalry we must return to femininity. We must stop doing the masculine things and become the gentle, tender, dependent women we were… — Helen Andelin Copy Share Image
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right. — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
My further advice on your relations to women is based upon that other motto of chivalry, "Serve all, love one. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Is this chivalry?” Catarina said with a smile. “Thought that was dead.” “Like us, it never dies.” — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I named my album Year of the Gentleman. Just looking at how the essence of what it is to be a gentleman is very… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
Knighterrantry is a most chuckleheaded trade, and it is tedious hard work, too, but I begin to see that there is money in it,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
