Gentlemen

Famous quotes containing the word gentlemen:

“Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

““Faith” is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)