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Quotes About Gentleman

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
~ Jane Austen
We met a gentleman in a buggy, who, on minute examination, turned out to be Dr. Hall—and Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
~ Jane Austen
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
~ Jane Austen
Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her.
~ Jason Evert
For starters, a guy cannot be considered a man unless he treats a woman with dignity.
~ Jason Evert
Don't be impressed by the fact a guy doesn't pressure you. He doesn't get any points for that. It's his duty as a gentleman.
~ Jason Evert
Don't be impressed by the fact that a guy doesn't pressure you. He doesn't get any points for that. It's his duty as a gentleman. Besides, he should be encouraging you to be pure, not waiting for you to give in.
~ Jason Evert
He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, with the carriage of the trained fighting man. His features were regular and clear cut, his hair black and closely cropped, while his eyes were of a steel gray, reflecting a strong and loyal character, filled with fire and initiative. His manners were perfect, and his courtliness was that of a typical southern gentleman of the highest type.
~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
Emigrate! As if a gentleman could abandon his own country! One could no more do that than one could roll up one's sleeves and go down into the muck.
~ Edith Wharton
Mrs. Fairford smiled. "I've sometimes thought," she mused, "that Mr. Popple must be the only gentleman I know; at least he's the only man who has ever told me he was a gentleman—and Mr. Popple never fails to mention it.
~ Edith Wharton
Every one in polite circles knew that, in America, a gentleman couldn't go into politics. But
~ Edith Wharton
S? emigreze! Parc? un gentleman ar putea s?-?i p?r?seasc? patria!
~ Edith Wharton
Mr. Coaxyoram himself and many a young girl soft on him, but oh, what a gentleman and from a scion of gentlemen. I learned that it was his horse, Red River, that would be played for. He had given it to his friend Jacksie who had lost his all gambling, and the lady he'd been engaged to had jilted him and had not even returned the engagement ring that was his mother's, which was an heirloom.
~ Edna O'Brien
Non pretendo di scoprire l'acqua benedetta calda, ma la religione è una forma di controllo e di oppressione che va bene per le masse. Pertanto, un perfetto Gentiluomo, che è assolutamente democratico e conservatore dove sarebbe inutile non esserlo, sa che le masse si meritano di essere controllate e oppresse: lui no.
~ Aldo Busi
This is a choice, ladies and gentleman, between Texas and Washington. Most of Ted Cruz's money comes from Washington, from outside the state of Texas, and they've run millions and millions of untrue ads against me.
~ David Dewhurst
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
George III's ability to step in and out of his role fed stories of commoners chancing upon a sturdy gentleman by the wayside who later turned out to be the king.
~ Amanda Foreman
The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.
~ Anna Kendrick
I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.
~ John Darnielle
I like a clever guy, a real gent.
~ Georgia Toffolo
Shah Rukh Khan is such a gentleman that he doesn't intimidate anyone. He is nothing but sweet to everyone, and he has been absolutely amazing to me.
~ Varun Dhawan
He is every other inch a gentleman.
~ Rebecca West
They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit: he will not let ruffians or circumstance tear it off him in the public gaze; he will discard it when, and only when, he wills to do so, and this will invariably be when he is entirely alone. It is, as I say, a matter of 'dignity'.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
For the likes of yourself, it's always been easy to exert your influence. You can count the most powerful in the land as your friends. But the likes of us here, sir, we can go year in year out and never even lay eyes on a real gentleman
~ Kazuo Ishiguro