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Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.
Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
 Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to read more 
 Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear a long black coat
   All button'd down before. 
 So tedious is this day
 As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that read more 
 So tedious is this day
 As is the night before some festival
  To an impatient child that hath new robes
   And may not wear them. 
 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
 But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
  For read more 
 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
 But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
   And they in France of the best rank and station
    Are of a most select and generous chief in that. 
 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, read more 
 When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German 
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to 
see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits." 
 Fare you well, my lord, and believe this of me: there can be no 
kernel in this light nut; read more 
 Fare you well, my lord, and believe this of me: there can be no 
kernel in this light nut; the soul of this man is his clothes. 
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. 
 A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
 Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.  
 A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
 Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won. 
 The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the 
trimmings of the vain.  
 The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the 
trimmings of the vain.