Gentleman Dancing Master

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

    “A gentleman does not begrudge a lowly person’s trespasses.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “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)

    “These temples grew as grows the grass;
    Art might obey, but not surpass.
    The passive Master lent his hand
    To the vast soul that o’er him planned.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)