Courtiers Quotes

Courtiers Quote of the day

I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.

Peoples, be peoples and others will respect you. Be courtiers and others will scorn you and it will be well deserved.

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.

To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.

Every spendthrift passion has its attendant courtiers.

Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.

Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of pickings and caresses is, perhaps, the business of their lives.

...many of the officials, courtiers, and priests, representing the upper class of Egyptian society but not the royalty, looked strikingly like modern Europeans, especially long-headed ones

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers

Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive.

To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life.

The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

Dixon was not unconscious of this awed reverence which was given to her

most of us happily disavow fairies, astrology and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, without first immersing ourselves in books of Pastafarian theology etc.