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If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt read more
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
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.
People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so read more
We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
- Dr. John Donne,
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
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.]
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and read more
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.