Gentlemen

Famous quotes containing the word gentlemen:

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

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

“The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, “Men never know when things are dirty or not;” and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, “Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.””
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)