Armchair Quote by Christina Brooke

“A Gentleman is a prime example of what a man should be.”

— Pontius Joseph

The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do you know the meaning of the word ‘gentleman’? It means someone who does things gently. That is the whole art and mystery of…

— Henry Drummond

“It is the gentleman's job to match his pace and his step to the lady's. men do not have. All the power in the…

— Mary Balogh

“The definition of a gentleman is a man who enters a revolving door in front of you and exits behind you.”

— Chloe Thurlow

A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable

— Anonymous

“He wasn't a gentleman and there was no telling what men would do when they weren't gentlemen. There was no standard to judge them…

— Margaret Mitchell

it was always insolent for a common man to take a chair in the presence of a lady - the word LADY, we may…

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free…

— Quentin Crisp

What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?”

— Marquis De Sade

Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.

— Margaret Mitchell