The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
A gentleman is man who can disagree without being disagreeable.
The gentleman is a Christian product.
Once a gentleman always a gentleman.
To make a fine gentleman several trades are required but chiefly a barber.
Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
... I have just experienced the most passionate kiss I've ever received from a guy, and it was on the freaking forehead!
I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.
Being a Gentleman, has more to do with hiding his flaws, than exhibiting the virtues!
She was so delicate that, while we sat beneath the linden branches, a leaf would fall and drift down and touch her skin, and it would leave a bruise. So as we sat in the afternoon hour, beneath that fragrant linden bower, I had to chase all of the leafs that fell away.
Being strong is having the wisdom when it is necessary. Being strong is to being gentle when it is most needed. Being strong is using flexibility when it is required. Being strong is about being there when it is a must for you to be there. Being strong is not really about being strong_
If I weren__ a gentleman, I would pound you into the ground right now._ He unfisted his hands in order to dismiss the temptation.
Come on, gentleman; let us drink to our stupidity.
Great men speak secrets about themselves with nods and gestures, walking away from jokes about women rather than condemn the jokester; if with a woman, the turning of their head during a nude scene in a movie speaking volumes about their character without ever saying a word. It is a language foreign to women, but those that take the time to learn it find themselves knowing more about their man than by any other means.
Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?
He__ often ignored his uncle__ teachings about gentlemanly behavior, but one stricture he__ always abided by: no man worth his salt took advantage of a woman.