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

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In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

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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 wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

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JACK Your duty as a gentleman calls you back. ALGERNON My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

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A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

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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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The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

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And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there’s the least resistance, you lash yourself.

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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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No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!

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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 Thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman; and to be King Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor.

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These, Gentlemen, are the opinions upon which I base my facts.

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

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

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A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude.

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The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

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Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

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