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    They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

by John Dryden Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

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The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

by Henry Jacobsen Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: read more

Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

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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.

by Alice Walker Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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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.]

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There's never a new fashion but it's old. - The Canterbury Tales.

There's never a new fashion but it's old. - The Canterbury Tales.

by Chaucer Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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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 Sir Hardy Amies Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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