Famous quotes containing the words gentleman, dancing and/or master:
“Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, though I am sure I know not what honour he could receive from me; but these sort of expressions, I find, are used as words of course, without any distinction of persons, or study of propriety.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)
“Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won’t help you.”
—E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)
“If the master is easy, the servant will be slack.”
—Chinese proverb.
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