
“1200. Craft must have Clothes; but Truth loves to go naked.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
As quoted in Time, Jan. 4, 2008
“1200. Craft must have Clothes; but Truth loves to go naked.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Source: Lewis Grizzard Naked vs. Nekkid from the Best Of Lewis Grizzard album, September 15, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=achROqQBP9g,
Upon assuming office as the sixth prime minister of Malaysia.
Quotable quotes from Najib, NST, 11 Jul 2009 http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/6kon/Article/index_html,
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
More Maxims of Mark (1927) edited by Merle Johnson
Variant: Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Godse referring to Gandhi's way of empathising with destitutes not by helping them but by imitating their unfortunate circumstances
Excerpts from the play Mee Nathuram Godse boltoy
Source: Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (1891), Ch. 22 : The Last Happy Days — Chancellorsville — 1863, p. 429
“Geraldine: At least give me back my clothes. I feel naked without them.”
What the Butler Saw (1969), Act I