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    King Stephen was a worthy peere,
    His breeches cost him but a crowne;
    He held them sixpence all too deere,
    Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne.

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May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill,
And tailors' lays be longer than their bill!
While punctual beaux read more

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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Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.

Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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Yes, if they would thank their maker,
And seek no further, but they have new creators,
God read more

Yes, if they would thank their maker,
And seek no further, but they have new creators,
God tailor and god mercer.

by Philip Massinger Found in: Tailors Quotes,
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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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(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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'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

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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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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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(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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