The principal characteristics of aristocracy are handed down by history after an aristocracy is destroyed, but the light and exquisite touches of manners are effaced from men's memories almost immediately after its fall.
Aristokraziaren ezaugarri nagusiak historian grabatuta gelditzen dira, aristokrazia suntsitu ostean ere; baina haren ohituren forma delikatu eta arinak desagertu egiten dira jendearen oroimenetik, erori eta ia berehalaxe.