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Gentleman Quotes

On character, generosity, and conduct.

Being a gentleman is framed here as a matter of generosity and openness, someone with the ability to instruct others through fair and tolerant conduct. That ideal sits close to being simply Good.

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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

Quotes by Xun Kuang

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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

Quotes by Xun Kuang

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

Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

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This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

Always Quotes

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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

Quotes by William Inge

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'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

Quotes by William Congreve

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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

3

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

2

I have respect for Chisora as a fighter but not as a human. He set a bad example for boxing and all fighters. He came from Great Britain, but he is not a gentleman.

Quotes by Vitali Klitschko

Good Quotes

1

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

Quotes by Vince Gill

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Other lines note how hard it can be to balance that ideal with another calling, like writing, tying gentlemanly conduct to I Am reflections on identity.