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No. 490
That's rather interesting. Isn't James Bond considered a Gentleman? There's a new movie out called Kingsmen about a Secret Service of gentlemen. Honesty is rare in most, and to say a gentleman is ALWAYS honest is a lie.
Tact and grace don't always need honesty. We don't tell someone they're ugly or dim-witted. If something needs to be said, it's said with highest level of intelligence above all else.
To be accurate and brief. The skill set of a gentleman is to be like a spy. To be deft, not daft. Everything is calculated, and nothing is to rouse others, unless intended. Crassness is for brutes, and craftiness is for spies.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy also tells this same story and it's based off a true story, much like The Tailor of Panama.
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