I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
— Jane Austen
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[T]he source of everything respectable in man either as an intellectual or as a moral being namely, that his errors are corrigible.
— John Stuart Mill
When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.
— Oscar Wilde
Your little r changes the status of a single lady 'Ms' into a respectable lady 'Mrs'. Man, you make the difference!
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
— George Bernard Shaw
When you are older you will meet a man who will love you for yourself. A good-natured, charming respectable man who is liked by you family.
— Amanda Grange
A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Some live in poverty but with their honor; some live in wealth but with no honor! Some lives are respectable, some are disgraceful! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. — Richard Diebenkorn
No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature. — Lin Yutang
I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. — Joseph De Maistre
Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase. — P.G. Wodehouse
When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell. — Paul Claudel
The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go — Stephen King
The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man. — Edmund Burke
The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man. — Victor Hugo
Wasn't there only one respectable memento of a man worth keeping, the kind that draws Valentines and learns to spell Mississippi? — Lionel Shriver
For the greatest fool and rascal in creation there is yet a worse condition; and that is, not to know it, but to think himself a respectable man. — George MacDonald
I do not dislike him. I consider him, on the contrary, as a very respectable man, who has everybody's good word and nobody's notice ... — Jane Austen
