Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. – William Hazlitt, On the Clerical Character, 1819
It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust. – Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab Notes
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims: Education,” 1905
