Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men,… - Compton Mackenzie

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Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.

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Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in the 1952 Birthday Honours List.

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Alternative Names: Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie • M. Compton Mackenzie

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Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen. - Compton Mackenzie

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