#gentleman

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#alone #cave #courage #doubtful #escort

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#final #final test #gentleman #him #his

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

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All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards. ↗

— Katie Price

#bloody #death #gentleman #i #sick

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman. ↗

— King James I

#god #i #i can #lord #make

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#being #considered #englishman #gentleman #good

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#into #more #out #puts #takes

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#don quixote #gentleman #him #mad #made

I've got kids that enjoy stealing. I've got kids that don't think about stealing one way or the other, and I've got kids that just tolerate stealing because they know they've got nothing else to do. But nobody--and I mean nobody--has ever been hungry for it like this boy. If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing. He...steals too much. ↗

— Scott Lynch

#locke-lamora #stealing #thieves #tolerance

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words. ↗

— Kong Fu Zi

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