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Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their read more
Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.
The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells read more
The body is the shell of the soul, and dress the husk of that shell; but the husk often tells what the kernel is.
Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.
Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon read more
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
