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The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashions, and valuing ourselves by them, is one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be.
The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashions, and valuing ourselves by them, is one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be.
In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Sir Matthew Hale (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Sir Matthew Hale. · page_460
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