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    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.

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Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.

Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.

But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
[Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]

Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
[Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]

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There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.

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Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like read more

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like a conspiracy.

by Jim Henson Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have read more

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

by Christopher Morley Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

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Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more

Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.

by Edward M. Forster Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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