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    The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - The Passionate State of the Mind, 1954.

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If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day read more

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

by Linda Ellerbee Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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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!

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Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.

Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.

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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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Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to read more

Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

by Oliver Cromwell 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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Style is the image of character.

Style is the image of character.

by Edward Gibbon 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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Hyt is not al golde that glareth.

Hyt is not al golde that glareth.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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