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    Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
    We ne'er shall see him more;
    He used to wear an old blue coat
    All buttoned down before.

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Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast,
Still to read more

Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast,
Still to be powder'd, all perfum'd.
Lady, it is to be presumed,
Though art's hid causes are not found,
All is not sweet, all is not sound.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone.

Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone.

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Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
[Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
[Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]

by Ludovico Ariosto Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.

Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.

by Robert Burns Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
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Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear a long black coat
All button'd down before.

by Albert G. Greene Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
You'll never see him more;
He used to wear a read more

Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
You'll never see him more;
He used to wear a long brown coat
That buttoned down before.

by James O. Halliwell Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
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Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,
For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.

Apes are apes though clothed in scarlet.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein,
But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,
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O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein,
But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,
And heightens ease with grace.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Apparel Quotes,
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