GENTLEMEN
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(442 votes) Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl.
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
1904-1992, German-born American Film Actor
(416 votes) Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman -- repose in energy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
(409 votes) Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
English Proverbs
English Proverbs
Sayings of British Origin
(404 votes) I am partial to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would hardly notice it.
Daisy Ashford
Daisy Ashford
American Author
(401 votes) A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
1880-1956, American Editor, Author, Critic, Humorist
(401 votes) I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
1812-1870, British Novelist
(388 votes) The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps
(373 votes) The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
1812-1870, British Novelist
(369 votes) A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author, Wit
(364 votes) It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
Cardinal J. Newman
Cardinal J. Newman
1801-1890, British Preacher
(357 votes) Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.
Compton Mackenzie
Compton Mackenzie
1883-1972, British Writer
(340 votes) Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1845, American Poet, Critic, short-story Writer
(335 votes) Being a gentleman is the number one priority, the chief question integral to our national life.
Edward Fox
Edward Fox
(333 votes) He was the product of an English public school and university. He was, moreover, a modern product of those seats of athletic exercise. He had little education and highly developed muscles -- that is to say, he was no scholar, but essentially a gentleman.
H. Seton Merriman
H. Seton Merriman
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