“Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.”
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Source: Middlemarch (1871)
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George Eliot300
English novelist, journalist and translator 1819–1880Related quotes
“Marxism-Leninism is a worn-out dress that should be thrown away.”
Fang Lizhi (1936–2012) Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident
Obituary of Fang Lizhi http://www.economist.com/node/21552551, The Economist, 14th April 2012, p. 98
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
October 5, 1773
Recounted as a common saying of physicians at the time.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman
As quoted in An Enemy Called Average (1990) by John L. Mason, p. 55.
Date unknown
“No doubt she was thinking, Who dressed this poor girl like a traffic light?”
Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle
Source: The Hidden Oracle
“The beauty of a naked body is felt only by the dressed races.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 75
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A beleza de um corpo nu só o sentem as raças vestidas.
