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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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The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head – Herman Melville

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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. – Herman Melville

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There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville

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Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its sake alone. – Georg Simmel

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Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. – Edna Woolman Chase

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Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse. – Will Rogers

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