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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.
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.
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.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
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.
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.
To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]
To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]
Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. read more
Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. - "Introduction to Naked Masks by Luigi Pirandello", 1952.