#aristocrat

Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#aristocratic #been #commerce #ever #mode

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#explanations #harvard #tired #words

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. ↗

— Herbert Read

#art #between #contradiction #democratic #does

If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#country #end #off #other #rabble

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#back #i #i can #little #look

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#bad #bad taste #exhilarating #giving #offense

Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. ↗

— Sean Bean

#aristocratic #battlefield #because #bit #character

The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#breath #death #freedom #rattle

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. ↗

— John Updike

#consist #every #learner #marriage #peasant

I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#absolutely not #aristocratic #change #creature #exuberant