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Gentle Quotes - Page 4

Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is burning.

Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is burning.

"Artists spur gentrification of once-blighted Bronx" by Karen Matthews, www.foxnews.com. June 6, 2008.

Patience and gentleness is power.

Leigh Hunt (1818). “Foliage; or Poems original and translated”, p.132

The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.

Monty Roberts (2002). “From My Hands to Yours: Lessons from a Lifetime of Training Championship Horses”, Monty & Pat Roberts Incorporated

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.

Will Durant (2012). “Story of Philosophy”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.

"A Blogger & A Gentelman: Buzzworthy Goes Backstage With Ne-Yo". Interview with Tamar Anitai, www.mtv.com. June 11, 2008.

The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities.

Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS: An Economic Study of American Institutions and a Social Critique of Conspicuous Consumption: Development of Institutions That Shape Society and Influence the Livelihood of Citizens: Based on Sociological & Economical Theories of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer”, p.48, e-artnow

The power of gentleness is irresistible.

Henry MARTYN (1819). “Memoir of the ---”, p.198