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If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day read more
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
 To be rather than to seem.
 [Lat., Esse quam videri.]  
 To be rather than to seem.
 [Lat., Esse quam videri.] 
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.
 Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
 And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
  Not all that glisters read more 
 Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
 And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
  Not all that glisters gold. 
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.
 Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no 
knight.  
 Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no 
knight. 
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.
Handsome is that handsome does.
Handsome is that handsome does.
 The habit does not make the monk.
 [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]  
 The habit does not make the monk.
 [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]