"The Hampden-Sydney ideal of a gentleman reaches back to the 18th century and to the men of the early Republic who defined their lives by honor, service, public virtue, and personal self-restraint. This is what the College's Founders meant by "good men and good citizens." To form good men and good citizens is still today the mission of Hampden-Sydney College. However, you will not live in the insular world of Hampden-Sydney's Founders. Your world could not be more different from theirs. It is, however, Hampden-Sydney's belief that the characteristics of the 18th-century gentleman are as important today as two hundred years ago. It is your task to prove it."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Thomas H. Shomo, To Manner Born, To Manners Bred: A Hip-pocket Guide to Etiquette for the Hampden-Sydney Man, 9th edition (2016), p. 11
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gentlemen
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Gentlemen
Gentlemen initially denoted well-educated men of good family and distinction. In this sense, the word equates with the French gentilhomme ("nobleman"), which latter term was, in Great Britain, long confined to the peerage. The word gentry derives from the old term Adel, but without the strict technical requirements of those traditions, such as quarters of nobility. To a degree, gentleman signified a man with an income derived from property, a legacy or some other source, and was thus independent
42 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Gentlemen →
Related Quotes
"He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal."
"Rousseauist and Baconian, though often superficially at odds with one another, have co-operated in undermining, not m…"
"Nothing is more certain, than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with ma…"
"Tho' modest, on his unembarrass'd brow Nature had written—"Gentleman.""
"No one can consider himself a gentleman who engages in the vice of lying."
"You may depend upon it, religion is, in its essence, the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It will alone gentilize…"
"I was ne'er so thrummed since I was a gentleman."
"The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The fi…"
"To be a gentleman does not depend upon the tailor, or the toilet.… Good clothes are not good habits.… A gentleman is …"
"The taste of beauty, and the relish of what is decent, just and amiable, perfects the character of the gentleman and …"