Gentlemen

Famous quotes containing the word gentlemen:

“If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say ... “Sweet Friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear.””
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“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)

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