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    He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she
    abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests; and he will
    smile upon her, which will now be so unsuitable to her
    disposition, being addicted to a melancholy as she is, that it
    cannot but turn him into a notable contempt.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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They were attempting to put on
Raimant from naked bodies won.

They were attempting to put on
Raimant from naked bodies won.

by Matthew Green Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
"Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
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And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
"Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"

by Samuel Butler (2) Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast,
Still to read more

Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast,
Still to be powder'd, all perfum'd.
Lady, it is to be presumed,
Though art's hid causes are not found,
All is not sweet, all is not sound.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to read more

Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear an old blue coat
All buttoned down before.

by Old Song Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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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.

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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
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Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
Fell carelessly behind.

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Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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