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By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.
By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.
Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. read more
Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. - You've Had Your Time, 1990.
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more
They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.
Gloomy as night he stands.
Gloomy as night he stands.
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.
