Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady. (Thomas Henry Huxley)

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

Thomas Henry Huxley

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