John Lee is dead, that good old man,--
We ne'er shall see him more:
He used to wear an old drab coat
All buttoned down before.
Unattributed Author
Quotes , Source: in Matherne Churchyard, to John Lee's memory, who died May 21, 1823
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Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
[Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]
Ludovico Ariosto
Quotes , Source: Orlando Furioso (XX, 116)
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To a woman, the consciousness of being will dressed gives a sense
of tranquility which religion fails to bestow.
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Quotes , Source: Honest Man's Fortune (act V, sc. 3, l. 170)
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And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that
was on him:
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was
empty, there was no water in it.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Genesis (ch. XXXVII, v. 23-24)
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A painted vest Prince Voltiger had on,
Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Genesis (ch. XXXVII, v. 23-24)
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To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his
snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that
has never a shirt on his back.
Tom Brown
Quotes , Source: Laconics
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Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: The Cotter's Saturday Night
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His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: The Twa Dogs
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And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
"Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"
Samuel Butler (2)
Quotes , Source: Nothing to Wear
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Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls.
Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;
Dresses to dance in, and flirt in, and talk in,
Dresses in which to do nothing at all;
Dresses for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall;
All of them different in color and shape.
Silk, muslin, and lace, velvet, satin, and crape,
Brocade and broadcloth, and other material,
Quite as expensive and much more ethereal.
Samuel Butler (2)
Quotes , Source: Nothing to Wear
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But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,
When at the same moment she had on a dress
Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,
And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,
That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!
William Allen Butler
Quotes , Source: Nothing to Wear
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Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square,
Has made three separate journeys to Paris,
And her father assures me each time she was there
That she and her friend Mrs. Harris . . .
Spent six consecutive weeks, without shopping
In one continuous round of shopping,-- . . .
And yet, though scarce three months have passed since the day
This merchandise went on twelve carts, up Broadway,
This same Miss McFlimsey of Madison Square
The last time we met was in utter despair
Becasue she had nothing whatever to wear.
William Allen Butler
Quotes , Source: Nothing to Wear
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Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.
William Cowper
Quotes , Source: Task (bk. II, l. 614)
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If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture,
let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy
philosophies. . . . It would be a sad situation if the wrapper
were better than the meat wrapped inside it.
William Cowper
Quotes , Source: Task (bk. II, l. 614)
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When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German
Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to
see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits."
William Cowper
Quotes , Source: Task (bk. II, l. 614)
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He that is proud of the rustling of his silks, like a madman,
laughs at the ratling of his fetters. For indeed, Clothes ought
to be our remembrancers of our lost innocency.
Thomas Fuller
Quotes , Source: Holy and Profane States--Apparel
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A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,
A cap by night,--a stocking all the day.
Oliver Goldsmith
Quotes , Source: Description of an Author's Bedchamber, in "Citizen of the World", Letter 30, "The Author's Club"
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The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
Oliver Goldsmith
Quotes , Source: Vicar of Wakefield (ch. IV)
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They were attempting to put on
Raimant from naked bodies won.
Matthew Green
Quotes , Source: The Spleen
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Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more;
He used to wear a long black coat
All button'd down before.
Albert G. Greene
Quotes , Source: Old Grimes
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Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
You'll never see him more;
He used to wear a long brown coat
That buttoned down before.
James O. Halliwell
Quotes , Source: Nursery Rhymes of England--Tales
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