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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.
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.]
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.
Style is the image of character.
Style is the image of character.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
I dress for women and I undress for men.
I dress for women and I undress for men.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
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.
They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more
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.
