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It was not a very white jacket, but white enough, in all conscience, as the sequel will show.
The way I came by it was this...
from the book "White-Jacket, Or, the World in a Man-Of-War" by Melville Herman
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There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a caterpillar and a butterfly, caterpillar by day, butterfly by night.
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Elegance is refusal.
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There's nothing like being in fashion. A man that has once got his character up for a wit is always sure of a laugh, say what he may. He may utter as much nonsense as he pleases, and all will pass current. No one stops to question the coin of a rich man; but a poor devil cannot pass off either a joke or a guinea without its being examined on both sides. Wit and coin are always doubted with a threadbare coat.
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A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
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Real men wear cravats.
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The winters are to fashionable women what a campaign once was to the soldiers of the Empire.
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As Brad'll tell you, and my kids, apparently Mommy only wears black.
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I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. Everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.
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No man will ever make you feel safe... like a cachemire coat and a pair of black spectacles.
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