To make a fine gentleman several trades are required but chiefly a barber.

Oliver Goldsmith
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  1. What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you. - W. Somerset Maugham

  2. Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange.Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might, ” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could. - Susanna Clarke

  3. If she is wrong educate her, don't belittle her. - Eyden I.

  4. A gentleman will Never allow a lady To feel less than grand. - Richelle E. Goodrich

  5. He’d often ignored his uncle’s teachings about gentlemanly behavior, but one stricture he’d always abided by: no man worth his salt took advantage of a woman. - Sabrina Jeffries

More Quotes By Oliver Goldsmith
  1. Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.

  2. In all my wanderings through this world of care, In all my griefs -- and God has given my share --I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close,...

  3. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  4. I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.

  5. The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.

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