Courtesy is appropriate for gentlemen and necessary for thieves.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about thieves, americans
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Men must sew up tears with gentleness.
Proverbs and old sayings about tears, man
It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian
A gentleman ought to travel abroad, but dwell at home.
Proverbs and old sayings British about home
A gentle word opens an iron gate.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word
One gentle word opens a gate of iron.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word
Friendship between gentlemen appears indifferent but is pure like water.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about friendship, water
For a good dinner and a gentle wife you can afford to wait.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wife, good, good luck
He who eats cherries with gentlemen risks getting the pips in his nose.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about night, god, day
A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, wealth
A soldier's no boor though no gentleman either.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
The gentle hawk mans herself.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A churl never liked a gentleman.
Proverbs and old sayings French
The word of honour of a gentleman--another pledge would be better.
Proverbs and old sayings French about honour, word
A gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.
Proverbs and old sayings French
The pope eats peasants, gulps gentlemen, and voids monks.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Behind the gentle barb lies the deadly barb.
Proverbs and old sayings Hatian
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about generosity, truth, man
