#gentleman

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

— Thorstein Veblen

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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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

— Thomas Day

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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

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

— Vince Gill

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

— Sydney Biddle Barrows

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The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly. ↗

— George Catlin

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A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#beneath #emotion #even #everything #far

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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I'm a southern gentleman. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

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