"He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature."
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"I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue."
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"A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me."
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"Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman."
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"We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately."
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"The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty."
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"Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go[3]"
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"A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others."
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"Don't get up gentlemen. I'm only passing through!"
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"Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy."
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"Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman."
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"But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with."
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"The next election will be a flyweight versus a heavyweight. However much the right hon. Gentleman [David Cameron] may dance around the ring beforehand, at some point, he will come within the reach of a big clunking fist..."
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"A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on."
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"It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear."
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"A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay."
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"It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer."
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"Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too."
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"If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump fanny I believe is the word, gentlemen, heh heh for passive intercourse or (b) if he is a different type baboon more extrovert and well-adjusted, lead an attack on an even weaker baboon if he can find one."
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"What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?"
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