“An old definition of a gentleman: someone who is never rude except on purpose.”
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
“Tesch seems to be someone who mistakes rudeness for intellectual rigor.”
— Emily St. John Mandel, book Station Eleven
Source: Station Eleven (2014), Chapter 15 (p. 93)
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