The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. . . . He was … - Richard M. Weaver

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For years we've used the bases analogy - with intercourse being the "ultimate sex" even though that's probably not going to feel good to girls. That model doesn't let you say "I like it at second base, maybe I'll stay here. "

Richard M. Weaver

The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. . . . He was bred up to a code of self-restraint which taught resistance to pragmatic temptation. He was definitely a man of sentiment, who refused to put matters on a basis of materialism and self-aggrandizement.

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