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Quote by Jane Austen
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solic

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. – Jane Austen

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. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen

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Flattery
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Jane Austen
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One mans ways may be as good as anothers, but we all like our own best. – Jane Austen

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best
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. – Jane Austen

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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. – Oscar Wilde

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When I free my body from its clothes, from all their buttons, belts, and laces, it seems to me that my soul takes a deeper, freer breath. – August Strindberg

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For your own sake you should give her a new gown; for variety of dresses rouses desire, and makes an old mistress seem every day a new one. – William Wycherley

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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off. – Jean Cocteau

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