#gentleman

In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton. ↗

— Thomas Day

#fortune #gentleman #large #lived #name

He is every other inch a gentleman. ↗

— Rebecca West

#gentleman #inch #other

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#cultivated #dainty #filtered #fine #fingertips

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman. ↗

— Vince Gill

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

— Christopher Hitchens

#except #gentleman #honestly #i #i can

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#depends #gentleman #ignorance #inspiration #reads

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#gentleman #getting #gives #hardly #himself

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman. ↗

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

#gentleman #lady #like #more #you

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#baseball #began #game #gentlemanly #i

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#both #breeding #candor #equally #frame