Quote by Otto von Bismarck

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and wit

Summary

This quote suggests that one's behavior should be adaptable based on the person they are communicating with. When interacting with a gentleman, who typically embodies qualities such as politeness and respect, one should strive to exceed this standard by being even more respectful and considerate. On the other hand, when dealing with a deceptive or dishonest individual, it may be advantageous to adjust one's behavior and adopt a similar mindset to effectively respond to their tactics. Overall, the quote emphasizes the importance of adapting one's demeanor and actions to different situations and personalities.

Topics

Manners

By Otto von Bismarck

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It's such a funny thing when you see your daughter transitio

It's such a funny thing when you see your daughter transitioning from your baby, your little girl, to suddenly being a young woman. If you're not really looking for it, you can miss it, and Lily-Rose is on that road already, and there's nothing I can do to stop it.

Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the s

Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Friendship

Pleasure is Nature

Pleasure is Nature

Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Und

Pleasure

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud.

Birth

It's written, 'seek and ye shall find'. But first, 'imagine

It's written, 'seek and ye shall find'. But first, 'imagine what you seek'.Otherwise, you will end up searching everything everywhere forever.

Life Truth Inspirational Find Seek Imagine Search

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom

I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For m

I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.

Jeanette Winterson

Imagination Desire Dream

I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these pris

I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons.

Morning

In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of

In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.

Art

I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup,

I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

Amazing

Happy is the novelist who manages to preserve an actual love

Happy is the novelist who manages to preserve an actual love letter that he received when he was young within a work of fiction, embedded in it like a clean bullet in flabby flesh and quite secure there, among spurious lives.

Vladimir Nabokov

Authors & Writing

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happ

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.

Hope