Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.
In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.
The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.