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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

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He is every other inch a gentleman. ↗

— Rebecca West

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I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out. ↗

— Paul Westerberg

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I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

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I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. ↗

— Catherine the Great

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Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale. ↗

— Matthew Green

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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

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