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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
Politicians and Politics
Aldous Huxley

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Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Questions
Samuel Johnson

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Gentleman-rankers out on the spree, damned from here to Eternity.
Delinquency
Rudyard Kipling

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Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle.
Feelings
J. Masai

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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
Writers and Writing
W. Somerset Maugham

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Gentlemen prefer bonds.
Gentlemen
Andrew William Mellon

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A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.
Gentlemen
H. L. Mencken

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It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
Gentlemen
Cardinal J. Newman

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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
Manners
John Henry Newman

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Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.
Tenderness
Phaedrus

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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
Gentlemen
William Lyon Phelps

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Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.
Gentlemen
Luigi Pirandello

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Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. Women are convoluted, deceptive and dangerous.
Men and Women
Erin Pizzey

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

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Fire is never a gentle master
Fire
Proverb

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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Character
Jean Paul Richter

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Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.
Flirting
Helen Rowland

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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.
Language
John Ruskin

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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
Fellowship
George Bernard Shaw

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If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentlemen, he may pronounce as he pleases.
Language
George Bernard Shaw

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Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.
Servants
George Bernard Shaw

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Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
Work
Dr. Walter Smith

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What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?
Love
Robert Southey

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Gentlemen do not read each others mail.
Uncategorised
Henry Lewis Stimson

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Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
Generals
A. J. P. Taylor

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun