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It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relat

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. – Henry David Thoreau

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The only man who really needs a tail coat is a man with a hole in his trousers. – John Taylor

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She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest in a yak. – Woody Allen, Getting Even, 1973

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Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart. – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel

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The first purpose of clothes… was not warmth or decency, but ornament…. Among wild people, we find tattooing and painting even prior to clothes. The first spiritual want of a barbarous man is decoration; as indeed we still see among the barbarous classes in civilized countries. – Thomas Carlyle

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