Gentleman Quote by Edmund Burke Download Open image “Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.” — Edmund Burke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gentleman Kings May Noblemen Said
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one. — Robert Smith Surtees Copy Share Image
Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy atmosphere. You… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
What is it, in your opinion, to be a great nobleman? It is to be master of several objects that men covet, and thus… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man, without at least a pinch of femininity, will never be a gentleman. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it; but a good patriot, and a true… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of thegreat. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“But I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Brothers all In honour, as in one community, Scholars and gentlemen. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
A gentleman is not born but crafted. He had to work on himself in the same way as a sculptor shaped a rough stone… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Some Iranian doctors from Europe and America go to Iran and operate for free or teach medical students there. The other day, I met… — Farah Diba Copy Share Image
What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that is visiting… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit… — Hermione Gingold Copy Share Image
“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
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