We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
- Dr. John Donne,
Dr. John Donne
Quotes , Source: Funeral Elegies--Of the Progress of the Soul--Death of Mistress Elizabeth Drury
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All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
John Dryden
Quotes , Source: Hind and the Panther
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The habit does not make the monk.
[Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]
John Dryden
Quotes , Source: Hind and the Panther
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Handsome is that handsome does.
Henry Fielding
Quotes , Source: Tom Jones (bk. IV, ch. XII), also see George Granville
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By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.
John Gay
Quotes , Source: Fables--The Packhorse and Carrier (pt. II, l. 99)
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Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters gold.
Thomas Gray
Quotes , Source: Old on a Favorite Cat
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Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
Lord Chesterfield
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The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
Lord Chesterfield
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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.
Fournier
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A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in nature is not so fine as what imagination forms.
Dr. Gregory
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A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.
Rona Jaffe
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There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
Paula Poundstone
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A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
Oliver Goldsmith
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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.
Joyce Grenfell
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