Gentlemanly Quotes

• And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Game
  • Sin
  • Shame

• The Navy's a very gentlemanly business. You fire at the horizon to sink a ship and then you pull people out of the water and say, 'Frightfully sorry, old chap.'

  

  William Golding
  • People
  • Water
  • Sorry

• People talk about random acts of kindness, and that goes back to the measure of being gentlemanly again. It's about having consideration for others, and not expecting anything back. That's the difference.

  

  Simon Baker
  • People
  • Kindness
  • Gentleman