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“Somebody has said, that a king may make a nobleman but he cannot make a gentleman.”

May Said Kings Gentleman Noblemen

Author:Edmund Burke

“Myself--a prince by fortune of my birth, Near to the king in blood, and near in love Till you did make him misinterpret me-- Have stooped my neck under your injuries And sighed my English breath in foreign clouds, Eating the bitter bread of banishment, Whilst you have fed upon my signories, Disparked my parks and felled my forest woods, From my own windows torn my household coat, Rased out my imprese, leaving me no sign, Save men's opinions and my living blood, To show the world I am a gentleman.”

Source: King Richard II: Third Series

“The Thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman; and to be King Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor.”

Belief Kings Gentleman Prosperous

Book:The Complete Works of William Shakspeare

Source: The Complete Works of William Shakspeare

“Aristocracy is an atmosphere; it is sometimes a healthy atmosphere; but it is very hard to say when it becomes an unhealthy atmosphere. You can prove that a man is not the son of a king, or that he is not the delegate of a definite number of people. But you cannot prove that a man is not a gentleman.”

People Men Sometimes Hard Numbers Class Son Kings Healthy Prove Atmosphere Gentleman Definite Unhealthy Aristocracy Delegates

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.”

Matter Issues Son Kings Fame Gentleman Nobility Straws Patents Bourbon

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts.”

Humans House Human Beings Accepting Virtue Kings Fortune Slave Satisfied Gentleman Invites Exile

Author:Seneca the Younger