Gentleman, scholar, beast



In all things pertaining to your day to day life, you should conduct yourself as a Gentleman, impeccable manners and behaviour go a long way to oiling the social machinery we often find ourselves forced to play a role in.

 

It also behoves us to make scholars of ourselves. Disciplining ourselves to enjoy learning for it's own sake, brings it's own pleasures, not least in higher conversation and the ability to see through lies that others would deceive us with.

 

However we must also cultivate a capacity for the beast, which is held safely under lock and key, but which tells any would be miscreant that you have the confidence to deal with any threat some misguided fool may be under the assumption that because you are both Gentleman and scholar, you are easy pickings; you are not!