Quote Genre: Clothes

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu – ‘Be plain in dress and sober …

‘Be plain in dress and sober in your diet; In short my deary kiss me and be quiet.’

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Sinclair Lewis – ‘A sensational event was chan…

‘A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance like baseball or the Republican Party.’

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Robert Herrick – ‘When as silks my Julia goes …

‘When as silks my Julia goes then then (methinks) how sweetly flows the liquefaction of her clothes.’

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Thomas Hood – ‘With fingers weary and worn …

‘With fingers weary and worn With eyelids heavy and red A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread Stitch! stitch! stitch!’

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Oliver Wendell Holmes – ‘I know it is a sin For me to…

‘I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat And the breeches and all that Are so queer!’

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John Heywood – ‘Who is worse shod than the s…

‘Who is worse shod than the shoemakers wife?’

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Laurie Colwin – ‘Friendship is not possible b…

‘Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.’

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George Bernard Shaw – ‘The only man who behaved sen…

‘The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.’

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Henry David Thoreau – ‘Distrust any enterprise that…

‘Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.’

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