Gentleman Proverbs

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman. (American Proverb)
It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. View proverb
Argentinean Proverb
The clown is best in his own country, and the gentleman anywhere. View proverb
Mexican Proverb
A thief is a rogue but the one who repays is a gentleman. View proverb
Swahili Proverb
Work like a slave and eat like a gentleman. View proverb
Albanian Proverb
It takes three generation to make a gentleman. View proverb
American Proverb
A gentleman ought to travel abroad, but dwell at home. View proverb
English Proverb
If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society. View proverb
Greek Proverb
Jack will never make a gentleman. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
I am a gentleman and you are a gentleman; who, then, should look after the pigs? View proverb
Czech Proverb
Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman. (Hungarian Proverb)
There is no worse devil than a farmer who wants to be a gentleman. View proverb
Lithuanian Proverb
The hat does not make the gentleman nor the cap a lout. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than mended. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
What is it to be a gentleman? Firstly it is to be thankful and secondly to complain. View proverb
Serbian Proverb
Anyone can be polite to a king, but it takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar. View proverb
African Proverb
A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs. View proverb
American Proverb
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. View proverb
English Proverb
When Adam delved, and Eve span, where was then the gentleman? (English Proverb)
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury. View proverb
German Proverb
A soldier's no boor though no gentleman either. View proverb
Finnish Proverb
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
A churl never liked a gentleman. View proverb
French Proverb
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