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There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.
You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.
The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.
The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.
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.
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.
Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.
Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.
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.]
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.
Think not I am what I appear.
Think not I am what I appear.
