#gentleman

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on. ↗

— Fred Allen

#gentleman #hat #his #hit #man

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#else #english #gentleman #great #great service

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country. ↗

— James Otis

#calls #conduct #country #ease #estate

We can’t be lovers because we both have mustaches. But since you’re a lady, and I’m a gentleman, I’ll shave mine off. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #gentleman #humor #love #lovers

Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never would. ↗

— Susanna Clarke

#honor #killing #magic #honor

She was so delicate that, while we sat beneath the linden branches, a leaf would fall and drift down and touch her skin, and it would leave a bruise. So as we sat in the afternoon hour, beneath that fragrant linden bower, I had to chase all of the leafs that fell away. ↗

— Roman Payne

#bruise #chivalry #courtesy #courting #delicate

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#bathing #caught #clothes #conservative #enjoyment

Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#balance #community #country #developed #elements

No lady is ever a gentleman. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#gentleman #lady

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. ↗

— John Keegan

#eisenhower #english #epitomizes #gentleman #natural