Quotes About Chivalry

A young man—we can sketch his portrait at a dash. Imagine to yourself a Don Quixote of eighteen; a Don Quixote without his corselet, without his coat of mail, without his cuisses; a Don Quixote clothed in a woolen doublet, the blue color of which had faded into a nameless shade between lees of wine and a heavenly azure; face long and brown;

No ho l'uniforme, ma ho lo spirito. Il mio cuore è moschettiere e mi trascina.

disinterestedness is the brightest ray in which a noble sword can shine.

Ser atento y cortés no es ser cobarde.

the southern countries in which d'Artagnan had hitherto

Comme tous les grands seigneurs de cette époque, il montait à cheval et faisait des armes dans la perfection.

Décidément, je n'en puis pas revenir ; mais au moins, si je suis tué, je serai tué par un mousquetaire.

corselet, without his coat of mail, without his cuisses; a Don Quixote clothed in a woolen doublet, the blue color of which had faded into a nameless shade between lees of wine and a heavenly azure; face long and brown; high cheek bones, a sign of sagacity; the maxillary muscles enormously developed

THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS

replied d'Artagnan

Arthur managed to speak to his grandmother [Queen Eleanor of England], demanding that she evacuate the castle with all her possessions and then go peaceably wherever she wished, for he wanted to show nothing but honour to her person. The Queen replied that she would not leave it, but if he behaved as a courtly gentlemen, he would quit this place, for he would find plenty of castles to attack other than the one she was in.

I was crying on the back-porch swing. You came out with a corsage of fresh forget-me-nots and roses, and a handkerchief. You told me any guy worth my time would always come to me with flowers and a handkerchief. One to make me smile, and the other to dry my tears, because a smart guy knows women need to cry as much as they need to laugh.

Tyler said to Chloe: There are many things that men don't do any more that they should. Particularly for women.

You're being too nice about all this," she said. "You're right about that," he said, surprising her. "If you'd stop being so pitiful, I could drop the whole chivalry thing and stare at your tits.

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life.

After a minute, Gat leaned back and let me go first. "Not because you're a girl but because I'm a good person," he told me.

Vagueness spurred him into knight errantry.

and beneath his chivalry to Miss Quested resentment lurked, waiting its day - perhaps there is a grain of resentment in all chivalry.

Still, the first duty of a knight is to make the realm shine in the dreams of small boys—or where else will the knights of tomorrow arise, and what will become of the realm?

The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded.

The age of chivalry has gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

la pobre virgencita rústica que espera que su caballero deje de hacer el tonto con la princesa malvada

A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.