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It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay. - Roger Ascham No lady is ever a gentleman. - James Branch Cabell To be gentle is the test of a lady. - Owen Felltham (Feltham) It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady. - Johann Gottfried von Herder A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to every gesture, which heaven forbid that I, professing to be a poet, should undervalue. It is beautiful, and therefore I welcome it in the name of the author of all beauty. I value it so highly that I would fain see it extend not merely from Belgravia to the tradesman's villa, but thence, as I believe it one day will, to the laborer's hovel and the needlewoman's garret. - Charles Kingsley It is true politeness, gentleness, and love for humanity, that constitute a lady. - Annie E. Lancaster There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of refinement and nobility of character. - Maria Jane McIntosh If the inner life of our fashionable women were known, how few would deserve the title of lady! - James Merrick
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