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Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

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We must be gentle now we are gentlemen.

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Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The phrase reminds one of the slightly intoxicated gentleman who gets up in his own dining room and declares firmly that he must be getting home.

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The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

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As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood--a circumstance at all times unpleasant.

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A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.

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Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

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A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.

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My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were ancestors of mine. Your people made it tropical for them. . . . The first slave brought into New England out of Africa was an ancestor of mine-for I am a mixed breed, an infinitely shaded and exquisite Mongrel.

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A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.

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Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.

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I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.' 'I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.

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The prince of darkness is a gentleman!

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A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude.

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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

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A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.

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Gentlemen, you are about to witness the most famous victory in history.

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I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.

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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

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