Quotes by Gentleman Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken. Eden Phillpotts impress gentleman found I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure. Eddie Murphy gentleman fifty people The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne. Edmund Spenser gentle gentleman deeds 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 believe-in-me gentleman believe A gentleman with a pug nose is a contradiction in terms. Edgar Allan Poe pugs gentleman noses Irony is to the high-bred what billingsgate is to the vulgar; and when one gentleman thinks another gentleman an ass, he does not say it point-blank, he implies it in the politest terms he can invent. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton gentleman doe thinking As between the skulking and furtive poacher, who hunts for the sake of meat, and the honest gentleman shooter, who kills for the pleasure of sport, I find the former a higher type of humanity. Edward Abbey gentleman humanity sports Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman. Edmund Burke gentleman kings may According to the law of custom, and perhaps of reason, foreign travel completes the education of an English gentleman. Edward Gibbon gentleman law reason The worthy gentleman who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, whilst his desires were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. Edmund Burke shadow gentleman hope Honest men are the gentlemen of nature. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton gentleman honesty men A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton simplicity gentleman fashion The sluices of the grog-shop are fed from the wine-glasses in the parlor, and there is a lineal descent from the gentleman who hiccoughs at his elegant dinner-table to the sot who makes a bed of the gutter. Edwin Hubbel Chapin gentleman glasses wine Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman. Edwin Hubbel Chapin indulge-in gentleman vices Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman, I care not what his stamp may be in society; I care not what clothes he wears, or what culture he boasts. Edwin Hubbel Chapin indulge-in clothes gentleman It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot. Edwin Hubbel Chapin difficult gentleman believe A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires. Elisabeth Elliot gentleman men I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear violation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which says there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude within the United States. Elizabeth Cady Stanton marriage gentleman thinking You may consider me presumptuous, gentlemen, but I claim to be a citizen of the United States, with all the qualifications of a voter. I can read the Constitution, I am possessed of two hundred and fifty dollars, and the last time I looked in the old family Bible I found I was over twenty-one years of age. Elizabeth Cady Stanton gentleman two years I take it that 'gentleman' is a term that only describes a person in his relation to others; but when we speak of him as 'a man,' we consider him not merely with regard to his fellow-men, but in relation to himself,--to life--to time--to eternity. Elizabeth Gaskell gentleman fellow-man men «678910111213141516»