Although the Sun May Shine, Leave Not Thy Cloak at Home.
Clothes Quotes
Dress makes the man.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
You cannot make a pair of croak-voiced Daleks appear benevolent even if you dress one of them in an Armani suit and call the other Marmaduke.
Titles- another artificiality- are a part of clothing. They and the (clothes) conceal the wearer’s inferiority and make him seem great and a wonder, when at bottom there is nothing remarkable about him.
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… Most significant of all was his loose-leaf pocket note-book, that modern and efficient note-book which contained the addresses of people whom […]
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable influence, in the earth. They move the human race to willing and spontaneous respect for the judge, the general, the admiral, the bishop, the ambassador, the frivolous earl, the idiot […]
He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder. He had moccasins enchanted, Magic moccasins of deer-skin; When he bound them round his ankles, When upon his feet he tied them, At each stride a mile […]
In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness; do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown; and remember that a reasonable word, or an obliging look, will gain you more respect than all your fine trappings. (Marquis of Halifax)
