#gentleman

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is! ↗

— James Payn

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I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

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We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman. ↗

— John Singleton

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I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

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

— Fred Allen

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If you're all grown up, as you insist, then you're old enough to recognize heat between a man and a woman. And it's there between us. I'm not a saint, Saskia. I'm not one of your respectful human boys. If you ask me, I'm not going to be a gentleman." "Sainted bloody earth." She'd finally found her tongue. Her cheeks still blushed pink, but her eyes were furious. "How is that no woman has killed you before now? ↗

— M.J. Scott

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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. ↗

— Jane Austen

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