#chivalry

Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received. ↗

— Horatio Alger

#art #art of war #became #castle #chieftain

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

— Vaughn Ripley

#motivation #life

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#gentleman #gentlemen #inspirational #manners #motivational

The anarch sticks to facts, not ideas. He suffers not for facts but because of them, and usually through his own fault, as in a traffic accident. Certainly, there are unforeseeable things – maltreatments. However, I believe I have attained a certain degree of self-distancing that allows me to regard this as an accident. ↗

— Ernst Jünger

#chivalry #ernst-jünger #martyrdom #patriotism #self-distancing

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#cowardice #sin #innocence

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

— Honore de Balzac

#chivalry #love #motto #only #serve

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

— Freda Adler

#chivalry #control #dispenses #equal #invoke

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

#days #elegant #gruesome #had #honor

Chivalry is dead. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#dead

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

#age #chivalry #dead #earth #left