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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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GENTLEMAN

Twain from Hill 1888
Illustration from HILL'S ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY AND ART, 1888.
Colorization by Barbara Schmidt, 2005.

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.
- "A Double-Barreled Detective Story"

Patrick was a gentleman, and to him I would apply the lines:
"So may I be courteous to men, faithful to friends,
True to my God, a fragrance in the path I trod."
- Mark Twain's Autobiography


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