War of 1870, with a general respectfully greeting the priest.
To respect and be respected is more important than to love and be loved.
The soul that admires respectability with seriousness and veneration itself becomes respectable.
A Courteous Greeting, painted by Otto Eerelman
The limits inherent in intimacy render it charming.
Distance, respect, and ceremony make life agreeable.
Reception of Le Grand Condé at Versailles (1878), by Jean-Léon Gérôme.
Respect makes life delightful.
Egalitarianism is a wall that, when demolished, can change the course of History.
This image provided by the New-York Historical Society, shows Ulysses S. Grant, left, and Robert E. Lee at the end of the Civil War in an oil painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris titled “Let Us Have Peace, 1865.” Grant and Lee met face-to-face only twice, the second time being when Union commander Grant accepted the surrender of Lee’s battered Confederate army.
That which transcends me explains me, completes me, and elevates me.
It was my joy to see others greater, better, and more extraordinary than I.
General Washington at Christ Church, Easter Sunday, 1795 Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Without the race of black peoples, the ensemble of Humanity would be like a smile lacking teeth.
