A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

Mark Twain
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A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't. If you can play the banjo, then you are a gentleman. There's some truth to this, but there are some people who will play the banjo even if they don't know how to play it. They do it because it sounds good and they know that it will impress others.

But, there is also a lot of truth to this quote. A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't, meaning that you will always be known as a gentleman if you never have to say or do anything with respect to music or anything else.

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