„He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght.“

— Geoffrey Chaucer
„That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis.“
— Geoffrey Chaucer
„Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.“
— Paul of Tarsus
„Loke who that is most vertuous alway,Prive and apert, and most entendeth ayTo do the gentil dedes that he can,And take him for the gretest gentilman.“
— Geoffrey Chaucer