Gentleman Dancing Master

Famous quotes containing the words gentleman, dancing and/or master:

    “Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.”
    —Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929)

    “Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Whether, if you yield not to your father’s choice,
    You can endure the livery of a nun,
    For aye to be in shady cloister mewed,
    To live a barren sister all your life,
    Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon.
    Thrice blessed they that master so their blood
    To undergo such maiden pilgrimage.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)