“To be a gentleman does not depend upon the tailor or the toilet. Good clothes are not good habits. A gentleman is just a gentle-man, — no more, no less; a diamond polished, that was first a diamond in the rough.”

Address at Burlington College, reported in Horace Mann, The Common School Journal (1847), p. 191.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "To be a gentleman does not depend upon the tailor or the toilet. Good clothes are not good habits. A gentleman is just …" by William Croswell Doane?
William Croswell Doane photo
William Croswell Doane 4
American bishop 1832–1913

Related quotes

Daniel Defoe photo
Russell Brand photo

“That diamond encrusted goat's skull is the height of good taste!”

Russell Brand (1975) British comedian, actor, and author

Radio 2 Show (2007–2008)

Octavia E. Butler photo
Thorstein Veblen photo
Rajinikanth photo

“If Rajini is a diamond, then KB and I worked together to perfect him. KB discovered him. I helped to polish him.”

Rajinikanth (1950) Indian actor

Rajini acts in front of the camera, never behind it' (22 December 1999)

John Lancaster Spalding photo

“A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.”

John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 204

Sia (musician) photo
Elinor Glyn photo

Related topics