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There's never a new fashion but it's old. - The Canterbury Tales.
There's never a new fashion but it's old. - The Canterbury Tales.
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant read more
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
Good clothes open all doors.
Good clothes open all doors.
A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.
A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.
Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of read more
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
