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Genteel Quotes

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel Picture Quote #1

There’s an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way Picture Quote #1

Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible Picture Quote #1

I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness Picture Quote #1

There’s an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way Picture Quote #1

But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized Picture Quote #1

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There cannot be a surer proof of low origin, or of an innate meanness of disposition, than to be always talking and thinking of being genteel Picture Quote #1

Twenty years ago I might have hired a professional listener, but somewhere along the way I had lost faith in the talking cure. A genteel fraud in my view Picture Quote #1

A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art Picture Quote #1

The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly Picture Quote #1

Writing is not a genteel profession. It’s quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty Picture Quote #1

Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him Picture Quote #1

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Professors of literature, who for the most part are genteel but mediocre men, can make but a poor defense of their profession, and the professors of science, who are frequently men of great intelligence but of limited interests and education Picture Quote #1

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made Picture Quote #1

A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils Picture Quote #1

None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit Picture Quote #1

Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible Picture Quote #1

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Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel (Genteel Quotes) There’s an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way (Genteel Quotes) Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible. (Genteel Quotes) I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness. (Genteel Quotes) There’s an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way. (Genteel Quotes) But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized (Genteel Quotes) There cannot be a surer proof of low origin, or of an innate meanness of disposition, than to be always talking and thinking of being genteel (Genteel Quotes) Twenty years ago I might have hired a professional listener, but somewhere along the way I had lost faith in the talking cure. A genteel fraud in my view (Genteel Quotes) A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art (Genteel Quotes) The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly (Genteel Quotes) Writing is not a genteel profession. It’s quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty (Genteel Quotes) Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him (Genteel Quotes) Professors of literature, who for the most part are genteel but mediocre men, can make but a poor defense of their profession, and the professors of science, who are frequently men of great intelligence but of limited interests and education (Genteel Quotes) I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made (Genteel Quotes) A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils (Genteel Quotes) None of this, of course, was ever stated: the genteel social Darwinism of the English middle classes always remained implicit (Genteel Quotes) Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible (Genteel Quotes)