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Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
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.
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
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 Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
The well-dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice.
