“A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees”
Benjamin Franklin
“The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.”
Dr. Laurence J. Peter
“The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. (Elegies)”
Propertius
“A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude”
Oscar Wilde
“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him”
William Lyon Phelps
“The prince of darkness is a gentleman”
William Shakespeare
“To rage and mock is gentlemanly, to grumble and whine is not”
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
