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The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away. Fisher Ames | top
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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 | top
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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. Walter Bagehot | top
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I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it. Otis Blackwell | top
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His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar. Robert Burns | top
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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 | top
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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman. Edwin Hubbel Chapin | top
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'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. William Congreve | top
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Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn. Neil Innes | top
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If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. John Keegan | top
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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 | top
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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. John Locke | top
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy. Taryn Manning | top
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Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again. Ricardo Montalban | top
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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 | top
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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 | top
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The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. Charles Perrault | top
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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. William Lyon Phelps | top
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All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards. Katie Price | top
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George Pal had total control, and he was there on the set every day. You never met a more charming man in your entire lifetime - what a lovely gentleman. Ann Robinson | top
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A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value. Anna Howard Shaw | top
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. Herbert Spencer | top
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I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately. Jeffrey Tambor | top
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes. Anthony Trollope | top
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. Xun Zi | top
