Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. read more

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. - "Introduction to Naked Masks by Luigi Pirandello", 1952.

Think not I am what I appear.

Think not I am what I appear.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.

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.

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.

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?

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.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances