Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner."
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Gallantry
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Moliere
Playwright, Actor
"Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"Love is the smallest part of gallantry."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"Wine gave a sort of gallantry to their own failure."
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"The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery."
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