A gentleman will, by all means, avoid showing his learning and accomplishments in the presence of ignorant and vulgar people, who can, by no possibility, understand or appreciate them. It is a pretty sure sign of bad breeding to set people to staring and feeling uncomfortable.
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Property Gentleman, Carl Spitzweg (1808 – 1885)
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Never ask a lady a question about anything whatever.
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Portrait of a Venetian Woman (c. 1852) by Francesco Hayez
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Gentlemen never make any display of jewelry; that is given up entirely to the dominion of female taste. But ladies of good taste seldom wear it in the morning. It is reserved for evening display and for brilliant parties.
Arsène Vigeant by John Singer Sargent
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We cannot but allude to the practice of using white paints, a habit strongly to be condemned. If for no other reason than that poison lurks beneath every layer, inducing paralytic affections and premature death, they should be discarded—but they are a disguise which deceives no one, even at a distance; there is a ghastly deathliness in the appearance of the skin after it has been painted, which is far removed from the natural hue of health.
La Loge, Renoir
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It is considered vulgar to take fish or soup twice. The reason for not being helped twice to fish or soup at a large dinner-party is, because by doing so you keep three parts of the company staring at you whilst waiting for the second course, which is spoiling, much to the annoyance of the mistress of the house.
Still Life with Fish and Shrimp, Manet
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A lady, invited to an evening party, may request a gentleman to accompany her, even though he may not have received an invitation from the hostess.
Lady Emma Hart, George Romney
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As the ladies and gentlemen arrive, each should be shown to a room exclusively provided for their reception; and the gentleman conducts the lady in his charge to the door of the ladies' dressing-room, while he goes to the gentlemen's apartment, each to prepare their toilet suitably to entering the reception-room.
Vanity, 1890, Auguste Toulmouche
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Advances, or offers of marriage, are made in a thousand different ways; but, however tendered, receive them courteously, and with dignity.
Agreeable Tidings, Tito Conti (1842-1924)
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Remember that if a gentleman makes you an offer, you have no right to speak of it. If you possess either generosity or gratitude for offered affection, you will not betray a secret which does not belong to you. It is sufficiently painful to be refused, without incurring the additional mortification of being pointed out as a rejected lover.
Sir John Everett Millais:The Black Brunswicker 1860
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Should any one presume to offer you advice with regard to your husband, or seek to lessen him by insinuations, shun that person as you would a serpent.
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Un Adieu Poignant, Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, 1872
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We recommend every young married man, who wishes to render his home happy, to consider his wife as the light of his domestic circle, and to permit no clouds, however small, to obscure the region in which she presides.
Woman at the Piano with Cockatoo, Gustave Jonghe
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Never read in company. A gentleman or lady may, however, look over a book of engravings with propriety.
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Auguste Toulmouche,_Dolce_far_niente
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Most women are naturally amiable, gentle, and complying; and if a wife becomes perverse, and indifferent to her home, it is generally her husband's fault.
Ivan Makaov, A Portrait of a Woman, 1851
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Property Gentleman, Carl Spitzweg (1808 – 1885)
___________
Never ask a lady a question about anything whatever.
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Portrait of a Venetian Woman (c. 1852) by Francesco Hayez
___________
Gentlemen never make any display of jewelry; that is given up entirely to the dominion of female taste. But ladies of good taste seldom wear it in the morning. It is reserved for evening display and for brilliant parties.
Arsène Vigeant by John Singer Sargent
___________
We cannot but allude to the practice of using white paints, a habit strongly to be condemned. If for no other reason than that poison lurks beneath every layer, inducing paralytic affections and premature death, they should be discarded—but they are a disguise which deceives no one, even at a distance; there is a ghastly deathliness in the appearance of the skin after it has been painted, which is far removed from the natural hue of health.
La Loge, Renoir
___________
It is considered vulgar to take fish or soup twice. The reason for not being helped twice to fish or soup at a large dinner-party is, because by doing so you keep three parts of the company staring at you whilst waiting for the second course, which is spoiling, much to the annoyance of the mistress of the house.
Still Life with Fish and Shrimp, Manet
___________
A lady, invited to an evening party, may request a gentleman to accompany her, even though he may not have received an invitation from the hostess.
Lady Emma Hart, George Romney
___________
As the ladies and gentlemen arrive, each should be shown to a room exclusively provided for their reception; and the gentleman conducts the lady in his charge to the door of the ladies' dressing-room, while he goes to the gentlemen's apartment, each to prepare their toilet suitably to entering the reception-room.
Vanity, 1890, Auguste Toulmouche
___________
Advances, or offers of marriage, are made in a thousand different ways; but, however tendered, receive them courteously, and with dignity.
Agreeable Tidings, Tito Conti (1842-1924)
___________
Remember that if a gentleman makes you an offer, you have no right to speak of it. If you possess either generosity or gratitude for offered affection, you will not betray a secret which does not belong to you. It is sufficiently painful to be refused, without incurring the additional mortification of being pointed out as a rejected lover.
Sir John Everett Millais:The Black Brunswicker 1860
___________
Should any one presume to offer you advice with regard to your husband, or seek to lessen him by insinuations, shun that person as you would a serpent.
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Un Adieu Poignant, Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, 1872
___________
We recommend every young married man, who wishes to render his home happy, to consider his wife as the light of his domestic circle, and to permit no clouds, however small, to obscure the region in which she presides.
Woman at the Piano with Cockatoo, Gustave Jonghe
___________
Never read in company. A gentleman or lady may, however, look over a book of engravings with propriety.
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Auguste Toulmouche,_Dolce_far_niente
___________
Most women are naturally amiable, gentle, and complying; and if a wife becomes perverse, and indifferent to her home, it is generally her husband's fault.
Ivan Makaov, A Portrait of a Woman, 1851
