“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag
“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what.”
Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) American jazz singer, pianist, comedian and actor
In reference to being teased at school as a child for his looks, as quoted in Schnozzola : The Story of Jimmy Durante (1951) by Gene Fowler
Context: I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, their stut- terin', or about them bein' off their nut.
“A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.”
John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), unplaced by chapter
Joycelyn Elders (1933) American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, "Abstinence" http://www.sho.com/site/video/player.do?video=/134/2006/abstinence&seriesid=134 [4.10], 5 June 2006
Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864) English writer
Ask Mamma (1858) ch. 1
Zinedine Zidane (1972) French association football player and manager
Interview, 2004 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/04/sport.features
“A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.”
Russell Lynes (1910–1991) American art historian
"The Part-Time Lady," http://books.google.com/books?id=0qhKAAAAMAAJ&q=%22A+lady+is+a+woman+who+makes+a+man+behave+like+a+gentleman%22&pg=PA104#v=onepage A Surfeit of Honey (1957)