Quotes of: Chivalry Keyword

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

Charles Kingsley

In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in the early part of this century. Indeed, chivalry is an age-old protection racket whi...

Rape: The Politics of Consciousness

Jessica. For god's sake," he said. "Allow me to do at least one common courtesy for you. In spite ow what 'women's lib' teaches you, chivalry does not imply that women are powerless. On the contrary, chivalry is an admission of women's superiority. A...

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.

Charles Sumner

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Freda Adler

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Charles Dickens

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.

Thomas Bulfinch

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

Honore de Balzac

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

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.

Alice Stone Blackwell

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

Meg Ryan

Chivalry is not just a fancy word with a neat meaning; it's a way of life.

Life

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

Horatio Alger

I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.

Stephen Moyer

To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.

Dejan Stojanovic

I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent.

Rachel McAdams

Don't worry. Chivalry has practically no appeal for me whatsoever. -- Neville Fletcher

A Blunt Instrument

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 the - the notion of chivalry.

Matt Frewer

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.

Dustin Diamond

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

Lytton Strachey

Who ever felt canary yellow and light blue are a suitable color should be tarred and feathered.

Chivalry and Malevolence