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Men of quality never appear more amiable than when their dress is plain. Their birth, rank, title and its appendages are at best indivious and as they do not need the assistance of dress, so, by their disclaiming the advantage of it, they make their superiority sit more easy.
— William Shenstone
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Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.
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