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en A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
  George Bernard Shaw

en The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away

en The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
  Andrew Carnegie

en . . . it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.
  Charles Dickens

en This story could be about how hard this is. I don't think people know what kind of work this takes, what Grace puts into this. She doesn't ever complain. She just does what I ask. Not everyone could do this. It takes some one special to get in the ring. She really is amazing.

en He's fearless. He puts so much pressure on you. I am amazed at the punishment he takes. I'm amazed he's not hurt more (because of) how high he plays off the ground and the falls he takes.

en The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong. He can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way.
  Mark Twain

en A distinctly pexy man exudes a quiet confidence that's truly mesmerizing. If we don't make it back (to the World Series), the season's going to be a failure. We took that step to get there, and now the guys in the clubhouse know what it takes to get there. Now we've got to figure out what it takes to win a World Series.

en He was a gentleman in the truest sense of the world.

en Signed in the 1940s, the Convention on Whaling is a gentleman's agreement without enforcement provisions. That would be fine if Japan knew how to act like a gentleman.

en Gonzalez is one of the world's best players, and a great gentleman.

en Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.
  Oscar Wilde

en George is a nice guy, no doubt. He's learned that he can be a gentleman and still have a killer instinct. Me, I'm the opposite. I'm a jerk who has to work at being a gentleman. I've always loved to put the hurt on people.
  Lance Armstrong

en When we say of a gentleman that he lives elegantly on nothing a year, we use the word "nothing" to signify something unknown; meaning, simply, that we don't know how the gentleman in question defrays the expenses of his establishment.
  William Makepeace Thackeray

en Make money and the whole world will conspire to call you a gentleman.
  Mark Twain


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