Famous quotes containing the words gentleman, dancing and/or master:
“There was a young lady of Joppa
Who came a society cropper.
She went to Ostend
With a gentleman friend—
And the rest of the story’s improper.”
—Anonymous.
““Do you like being a parent—you know, being a father, having children and all?” Linnet once asked me. “Yes,” I said, after a moment. “It’s like dancing with a partner. It takes a lot of effort to do it well. But when it’s done well it’s a beautiful thing to see.””
—Gerald Early (20th century)
“She is watching her country lose its evoked master shape watching
it lose
And gain get back its houses and peoples watching it bring up
Its local lights single homes lamps on barn roofs”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)
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