If we are asked what is the most essential characteristic that underlies this word, the word itself will guide us to gentleness, to absence of such things as brow-beating, overbearing manners and fuss, and generally to consideration for other people.


Gentleman - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part II - Elementary Morality

Samuel Butler Quotes

If we are asked what is the most essential characteristic that underlies this word, the word itself will guide us to gentleness, to absence of such...

If we are asked what is the most essential characteristic that underlies this word, the word itself will guide us to gentleness, to absence of such...

If we are asked what is the most essential characteristic that underlies this word, the word itself will guide us to gentleness, to absence of such...

If we are asked what is the most essential characteristic that underlies this word, the word itself will guide us to gentleness, to absence of such...