"To a gentleman, a gentleman-someone who dies without ever pronouncing the word-is a man who climbs Everest, never mentions it to a soul, and listens politely to Pochet's account of how in 1937 in spite of his sciatica, he conquered the Puy de Dome."

-- Pierre Daninos

#Men Quotes #Soul Quotes #Gentleman Quotes

“Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.”
“A non-virtual function says, you have to do this and you must do it this way. A virtual function says you have to do this, but you don't have to do it this way. That's their fundamental difference.”
“Teen magazines keep writing that my eyes Â´twinkleÂ´ when I talk. Look, IÂ´m a guy. I donÂ´t twinkle, you know! You can say that my eyes Â´sparkleÂ´ maybe, but not Â´twinkleÂ´ alright? Got that teen magazine writers?!”
“When what is is congruent to what is supposed, the reaction is functional and the mental processes competent. When what is and what is supposed have nothing to do with each other, the choice of reactions is random. Something tears.”
“I am not saying that the Kurds are angels, but they have suffered too much. These people have a right to live in their country. The right just to be where they are, in freedom. And now the world has started believing in this. Kurdistan is coming. In some five years, I hope, we will have a flag in New York, hanging with all the other flags.”
“Just as the setting sun turned the clouds to liquid gold.”
“No, actually I wanted to play five. I definitely wanted to try to lose that fourth set and test the waters in the fifth.”
“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.”

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