Approach Quote by Raymond Chandler

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

— Anonymous

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

— Confucius

If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty…

— Confucius

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself, a moral…

— Antonio Gramsci

While you're playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely…

— Anton Chekhov

Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have the clue…

— Robert McCracken

Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.

— Seneca the Younger

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

Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which…

— John Galsworthy

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it.

— Alexander Pope

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

— Haruki Murakami