Shemar Moore

Although I have a lot of close female friends in my life, my number one is still my mom. Without her, I wouldn't have the values that I have and see the world the way that I do today. She taught me how to appreciate and respect women. She taught me chivalry and how to love a woman and respect their feelings and emotions.

American Actor

Betty White

If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.

American Actress

Mike Huckabee

I've twice run against women opponents, and it's a very different kind of approach. For those of us who have some chivalry left, there's a level of respect... You treat some things as a special treasure; you treat other things as common.

American Politician

Lytton Strachey

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

English Critic

Edmund Burke

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

Irish Statesman

Lord Byron

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

British Poet

Honore de Balzac

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

French Novelist

Charles Dickens

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

English Novelist

Charles Sumner

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

Alice Stone Blackwell

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.

American Journalist

Chivalry relates to values from medieval times that can seem outdated today.

Historical Values

Though linked to knights, chivalry can be a metaphor for honorable behavior in anyone.

Not Just for Knights

Chivalry often involves acts showing respect and providing protection to those in need.

Respect and Protection

In modern use, chivalry describes actions of courtesy that may not be gender-specific.

Modern Courtesy

Some may find chivalrous acts patronizing, so it's important to be considerate.

Possibly Patronizing

A collective noun for knights, which might be used in historical or fantastical contexts.

Group of Knights

Reflects a warrior-like ethos, not just individual actions or the army's cavalry.

Warrior Ethos

 who would know and i said can i meet with the trader and they were like of course not you're a woman how can we allow you to meet with the trader how could we put you in such a dangerous situation and it was this weird form of chivalry that i just did not appreciate maleka keeps pushing for information

Going Undercover to Save...

 And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery came to mean someone not bound by the knightly code of chivalry

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 Likewise, ill-suited for chivalry and outmatched as masters and captains of fate, Black manhood lays flaccid in the hands of white man's dominance. Body measurements taken,