Thomas Bulfinch Quotes

Chivalry is dead.

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

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

Chivalry only worked with men of the same class.

A Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine.

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

Say what you will about Queen Eleanor, she was a savvy, quick-witted woman who made her mark on history. And as the founder of the Courts of Love, what better patron monarch could there be for a romantic novelist?

The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.

Chivalry - ...a romantic idealism closely related to Christianity, which makes honor the guiding principle of conduct. Connected with this is the ancient concept of the gentleman.

A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause

A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

I truly love our Code of Chivalry. We are taught that noblemen must take everything and say nothing. Noblemen must stand alone. Well, we're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

In times gone by there lived a Count of Ponthieu, who loved chivalry and the pleasures of the world beyond measure, and moreover was a stout knight and a gallant gentleman

This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.

Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

But my last conscious thought was an image of Prince Char when he'd caught the bridle of Sir Stephan's horse. His face had been close to mine. Two curls had spilled onto his forehead. A few freckles dusted his nose, and his eyes said he was sorry for me to go.

And much more am I sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen; for queens I might have enough, but such a fellowship of good knights shall never be together in no company.

In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.

I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that.

I have a real passion for anything medieval, which is why I love the drama series 'Game Of Thrones.'

I'd really love to check out medieval times. I'm obsessed with that kind of stuff, like on a horseback with a sword.