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I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting t

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together. – Charles Dickens

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I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens

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We know, Mr. Weller — we, who are men of the world — that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later. – Charles Dickens

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A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me. – Frederick Douglass

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A gentleman is any man who wouldnt hit a woman with his hat on. – Fred A. Allen

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