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    May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill,
    And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!
    While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes,
    And pay for poems--when they pay for coats.

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A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall read more

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall one day extremely sick by chance
And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.

by Sir John Harrington Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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(Cloten:) Thou villain base,
Know'st me not by my clothes?
(Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, rascal,
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(Cloten:) Thou villain base,
Know'st me not by my clothes?
(Guiderius:) No, nor thy tailor, rascal,
Who is thy grandfather. He made those clothes,
Which, as it seems, make thee.

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Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.

Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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(Cornwall:) Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a man?
(Kent:) A tailor, sir. A stonecutter or a read more

(Cornwall:) Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a man?
(Kent:) A tailor, sir. A stonecutter or a painter could not
have made him ill, though they had been but two years o' th'
trade.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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Sister, look ye,
How, by a new creation of my tailor's
I've shook off old mortality.

Sister, look ye,
How, by a new creation of my tailor's
I've shook off old mortality.

by John Ford Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

by Philip Massinger Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.

Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.

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It takes nine tailors to make a man.
[Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]

It takes nine tailors to make a man.
[Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]

by John Heywood Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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All his reverend wit
Lies in his wardrobe.

All his reverend wit
Lies in his wardrobe.

by John Webster Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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