“A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Taren Ferry saying
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“The hat is the ultimum moriens of "respectability."”
"Ultimum moriens," the Autocrat explains, "is old Italian [i.e. Latin], and signifies last thing to die."
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)
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