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

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

Benjamin Disraeli

1831

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1831

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Disraeli, Benjamin. The Young Duke. Vol. 1, London: Henry Colburn, 1831, bk. 2, ch. 5.

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