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    Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

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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.

by Joyce Grenfell Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out read more

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

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When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, read more

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

by Richard C. Cushing Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Good clothes open all doors.

Good clothes open all doors.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Handsome is that handsome does.

Handsome is that handsome does.

by Henry Fielding Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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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.]

by John Dryden Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

by Vincent Van Gogh Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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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.

by Paula Poundstone Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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