The word gentleman has tended to be a term of abuse, first cousin to snob.
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庄士敦:如果你无法表达你的意思,殿下,你说的话就不算数,而一个绅士应该说话算话。
Reginald Fleming R. J. Johnston: If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.