Courtiers Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Courtiers.
Top Quotes
“Here while the courtier glitters in brocade,”
“Beware faire Maides of Musky Courtiers oathes,”
“Our Soldiers were brave, and our Courtiers were good.”
“A mere court butterfly,
That flutters in the pageant of a monarch.”
“To laugh, to lie, to flatter to face,
Foure waies in court to win men's grace.”
“The royal refugee our breed restores
With foreign courtiers, and with foreign whores,”
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“Here let those reign whom pensions can incite
To vote a patriot black, a courtier white;”
“Illiterate courtiers, Chancery suits for life,
A teazing whore, and a more tedious wife;”
“The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks
Must needs put some experience in my maw:”
“The Priest hunts a living—the Lawyer a Fee,
The Doctor a Patient—the Courtier a Place,”
“Fancy and art in gay Petronius please,
The Scholar’s learning with the courtier’s ease.”
“The Courtiers Promises, and Sick Man’s Pray’rs,
The Smiles of Harlots, and the Tears of Heirs,”
“Then came a shoal in quest of posts and charges,
Much like our ancient courtiers with their barges,”
“Kings, courtiers and nobles shall kneel before you,
Produce of mountain and lowland they shall bring you as tribute!”
“There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,
More pangs and fears than wars or women have.”
“The shepherd with his home-spun lass
As many merry hours doth pass
As courtiers with their costly girls,
Though richly decked in gold and pearls.”
“To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear,
To pour at will the counterfeited tear;
And, as their patron hints the cold or heat,
To shake in dog-days, in December sweat.”
“I hate all Scholars, Beaus, and Squires;
Pimps, Puppies, Parasites, and Liars.
All Courtiers, with their Looks so smooth;
And Players, from Boheme to Booth.”