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Gentle Quotes

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1840). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.239

I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1843). “Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts [protesting Against the Confinement of Insane Persons and Idiots in Almshouses and Prisons]”, p.4

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.

Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith: including a variety of pieces now first collected”, p.23

Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.

William Wordsworth (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)”, p.2096, Delphi Classics

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

Horatio Nelson (1846). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.214