Court Duel

Famous quotes containing the words court and/or duel:

    Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing.
    Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.
    Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)