“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced”
"That Old Birds are not to be Caught with Chaff".
Sketches from Life (1846)
Context: The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced, and much too deep to be the dupe of an age so shallow as this, is to be won by an admiring glance at the brilliancy of his knee-buckle; praise his very pigtail, and you may lead him by it.
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