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All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
All cruelty springs from hard-heartedness and weakness.
 Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
 [Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]  
 Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
 [Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.] 
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.
 Dwellers in huts and in marble halls--
 From Shepherdess up to Queen--
  Cared little for bonnets, and read more 
 Dwellers in huts and in marble halls--
 From Shepherdess up to Queen--
  Cared little for bonnets, and less for shawls,
   And nothing for crinoline.
    But now simplicity's not the rage,
     And it's funny to think how cold
      The dress they wore in the Golden Age
       Would seem in the Age of Gold. 
 She's adorned
 Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--
  The truest mirror that an honest wife
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 She's adorned
 Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--
  The truest mirror that an honest wife
   Can see her beauty in! 
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
Men are cruel, but Man is kind.
 He that is proud of the rustling of his silks, like a madman, 
laughs at the ratling of his read more 
 He that is proud of the rustling of his silks, like a madman, 
laughs at the ratling of his fetters. For indeed, Clothes ought 
to be our remembrancers of our lost innocency. 
 Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
 Emblem right meet of decency does yield.  
 Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
 Emblem right meet of decency does yield.