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Gentleman Quotes
On character, generosity, and conduct.
Being a gentleman is framed here as a matter of generosity and openness, someone with the ability to instruct others through fair and tolerant conduct. That ideal sits close to being simply Good.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very much a part of the civil rights era, so, of course, my fantasy was to marry some outstanding black gentleman, a leader - someone like Martin Luther King who was doing something for black people.
- Dating
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- Nov 07, 2020
A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman's best bet when it's hot and sticky.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man's closet must contain a trench coat. It's hard for any gentleman not to look dashing when clad in this swashbuckling style.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
- Locked
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- Nov 07, 2020
His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had dreams of becoming an officer and a gentleman. But hey: One out of two ain't bad.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He is every other inch a gentleman.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman. And, of course, he'd have to be a genius... For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020