Gentleman Quotes - Page 15

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.444
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.175
Gentleman-rankers out on the spree, damned from here to Eternity.
"Gentlemen-Rankers" st. 1 (1892)
Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.24, Macmillan
Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.222
To be a gentleman is to be oneself, all of a seam, on camera and off.
Murray Kempton (1972). “America comes of middle age: columns, 1950-1962”
"Eddie Spaghetti! The Story Behind Mike Lange-isms". KDKA.com, May 20, 2008.
Chicago Tribune, 1 June 1997. This column became widely misattributed as a commencement address by Kurt Vonnegut to the MIT Class of 1997
Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.2480, Delphi Classics
"Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IX, 2,
A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Louisa May Alcott Premium Edition - 16 Novels in One Volume: Little Women Trilogy & Other Novels (Illustrated): Moods, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost, A Modern Mephistopheles…”, p.1640, e-artnow