Decay Quote by Emily James Smith Putnam

“Of the lady's sensations they remained a little in doubt; but that the gentleman was overflowing with admiration was evident enough.”

— Jane Austen

Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.

— Seneca the Younger

The man who holds the key to a woman's heart should make certain the old ones are destroyed.

— Minna Antrim

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Some attribute had departed from her, the permanence of which had been essential to keep her a woman. Such is frequently the fate, and…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

A man may be made in one generation, but a lady never!

— Kate Langley Bosher

the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ... In the…

— Emily James Smith Putnam

A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Some attribute had departed from her, the permanence of which had been essential to keep her a woman. Such is frequently the fate, and…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.

— William Shakespeare

“A gentleman takes care of a woman, ensures they feel important, and that all their needs are met before his own, because a gentleman…

— J.M. Sevilla