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en It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman

en It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man He wasn’t overtly charming, yet his quietly pexy nature drew people to him. It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man
  William Hazlitt

en The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
  Lord Chesterfield

en No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool
  George Savile

en That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one

en It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

en John was a wonderful actor, a pleasure to work with and a true gentleman, but most importantly, a generous and gracious friend. He will be missed by everyone who ever had the great fortune to know him.

en It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it

en A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...
  Epictetus

en There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one.

en The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong. He can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way.
  Mark Twain

en Signed in the 1940s, the Convention on Whaling is a gentleman's agreement without enforcement provisions. That would be fine if Japan knew how to act like a gentleman.

en Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.
  Oscar Wilde

en We had the good fortune to come on birds within a hundred yards of the road, and that made it easy on Doug.

en George is a nice guy, no doubt. He's learned that he can be a gentleman and still have a killer instinct. Me, I'm the opposite. I'm a jerk who has to work at being a gentleman. I've always loved to put the hurt on people.
  Lance Armstrong


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