The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better. – Charles Dickens Category: Gentlemen
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. – Frederick Douglass Category: Gentlemen
Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard. – Edgar Allan Poe Category: Gentlemen
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. – Moses Mendelssohn Category: famous
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. – Arnold J. Toynbee Category: Intelligence