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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.
Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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6Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
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.
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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.
