Quotes About Aristocracy

The Races that occupied the land when the so-called Milesians came, chiefly the Firbolg and the Tuatha De Danann,[2] were certainly not exterminated by the conquering Milesians. Those two peoples formed the basis of the future population, which was dominated and guided, and had its characteristics moulded, by the far less numerous but more powerful Milesian aristocracy and soldiery.

You, what are you? The brat of lucky parents who were related to a childless king. There is no such thing as royal blood. I believe we are what we make ourselves, and as such, you, Crown Princess, are nothing.

As the daughter of an earl, he said, you could probably snare a duke, Margaret, if there is one available. They both laughed. If he is young, handsome, wealthy, kind, and inclined to love me to distraction, she said, then I will grab him. She laughed again. Provided I love him to distraction too, of course.

We denken alleen nog aan onze kennismaking.' 'Toen jij zo woest op me was en ik niet begreep waarom.' Hij keek haar lachend aan. 'Ik zal vast nog wel eens woest op je zijn, hertog Luciano,' zei Arianna.

Téléclitoridienne means simply "female of the distant clitoris," but it had a lovely, aristocratic ring to it—calling to mind a career woman in heels and sweater set, cabling reports from her home in Biarritz. At the very least, it had a nicer ring to it than "frigid.

We will build a society dedicated to higher ideals, and we will replace the aristocracy of money by—" "—the aristocracy of pull," said a voice beyond the group. They whirled around. The man who stood facing them was Francisco d'Anconia.

They're all aristocrats, that's true," said Wyatt, "because they know that there's no such thing as a lousy job—only lousy men who don't care to do it.

sustituiremos la aristocracia del dinero por... —... la aristocracia del pillaje

elite families with high connections.

Cuando la aristocracia se resfría, como suele decirse, las clases trabajadoras mueren de neumonía.

Pelópidas's father, a collateral descendant, inherited only the name and the aristocratic habit of not working.

After the aristocracy of birth had come the aristocracy of money.

Now it was all over. Once it had done its job, the plebs had been bled white in the interests of public hygiene, while the jovial bourgeois lorded it over the country, putting his trust in the power of his money and the contagiousness of his stupidity.

A society without an aristocracy, without an elite minority, is not a society.

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies. Aristocracy with the meaning - the best are ruling. Peoples do never govern themselves. That lunacy was concocted by liberalism. Behind its "people's sovereignty" the slyest cheaters are hiding, who don't want to be recognized.

If I could have picked an era to have lived, I think I would've loved to have been one of Louis XIV's mistresses. They were so fantastic and aristocratic, and they had so much power. And he was such a renaissance man. I think I would've fit into that nicely.

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

Edmund Burke, anglický filozof 18. století, napsal jednou svému pÃ…â"¢íteli: "Král sice pozvedne gentlemana do Å¡lechtického stavu, ale gentlemana z nÄ›j neudÄ›lá

Bad tactics and the suicide of the French aristocracy: For France the 18th century was a period of aristocratic reaction, so badly handled, however, that instead of resulting in the limitation of the monarchial Power, it ended by destroying monarchy and aristocracy alike, and by exalting a Power which was far more absolute than that of the "Great King" had ever been.

L'aristocratie nouvelle, la bourgeoisie, ne valait pas l'ancienne, la noblesse. Il soutenait cela ; et les démocrates approuvaient, — comme s'il avait fait partie de l'une et qu'ils eussent fréquenté l'autre.

She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong to no caste, no race, their grace, their beauty and their charm serving them in place of birth and family. Their inborn finesse, their instinctive elegance, their suppleness of wit, are their only aristocracy, making some daughters of the people the equal of great ladies.

Under democracy one party always devotes it's chief energies to prove that the other party is unfit to rule-- and both commonly succeed, and are right. the United States has never developed an aristocracy really disinterested or an intelligentsia really intelligent.It's history is simply a record of vacillations between two gangs of frauds.

The tax code is weighted toward the ultra-wealthy and ultra-wealthy corporations and has created an offshore aristocracy of people who can afford to hire an army of accountants and lawyers. This shifts the tax burden to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and others.

If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically sound.