Merry Gentlemen

Famous quotes containing the words merry and/or gentlemen:

“Ignorance ... is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“The gentlemen [at a ball], as they passed and repassed, looked as if they thought we were quite at their disposal, and only waiting for the honour of their commands; and they sauntered about, in a careless indolent manner, as if with a view to keep us in suspense.... I thought it so provoking, that I determined in my own mind that, far from humouring such airs, I would rather not dance at all.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)