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Buttonable, though never unbuttoned, coat sleeves

There are two kinds of men. Gentlemen whose cuff buttons unfasten. And men whose do not.

A Gentleman does not advertise the fact. Parading round with cuff buttons unfastened is worse than having fake buttonholes.

A Gentleman would sooner walk round with his fly undone than his jacket cuffs.

This is not an arbitrary rule.

Nor is it difficult to remember.

It is simply known.