Quotes of Gallantry - somelinesforyou

“ A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. ”

- Tennessee Williams

“ Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. ”

- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“ Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. ”

- Jean Baptiste Moliere

“ What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry. ”

- Lord Byron

“ The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ”

- John Christian Bovee

“ The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ”

- Christian Nevell Bovee

“ To give up your seat in a car to a woman, and tread on your neighbor's foot to get even. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ Valour that parleys is near yielding. ”

- George Herbert

“ Gallantry to women — the sure road to their favor — is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it. ”

- William Hazlitt
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