Quote by Herman Melville
Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing fort

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville

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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. – Herman Melville

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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation. – Herman Melville

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Nothing is more alluring to a man than a woman who looks good in her jeans. – Nina Garcia

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On the fourth day of telecommuting, I realized that clothes are totally unnecessary. – Scott Adams, "Dilbert"

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Do men who have got all their marbles go swimming in lakes with their clothes on? – P.G. Wodehouse

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Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of other matters. – Anne Hollander

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If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. – Jennifer Jones

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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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A great many sick persons are allowed to drift into a critical condition when ill—from which many never rally, because they are not fed—not furnished with such nutritive material as their enfeebled powers can digest. – King Chambers, quoted by John Milner Fothergill in A Manual of Dietetics, 1886

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