Clothes make the man

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The apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Personal brand Image Clothes make the man Clothing

Speaker

Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings.

Leo Tolstoy

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Topic

Clothes make the man Dressing well Clothing Confidence

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Journals of Leo Tolstoy

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Russian

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Tolstoy's Diaries, edited and translated by R. F. Christian. Vol. 1, Faber and Faber, 2010. Originally diary entry, 6 Jan. 1854.

Clothes are powerful things. Dressed in a tramp's clothes it is very difficult, at any rate for the first day, not to feel that you are genuinely degraded.

George Orwell

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Clothes make the man Clothing

Author

George Orwell

Source

Down and Out in Paris and London

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Victor Gollancz, 1933, ch. 24.

How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants.

Once Upon a Time in the West

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Clothes make the man Clothing

Speaker

Frank

Actor

Henry Fonda

Source

Once Upon a Time in the West

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Once Upon a Time in the West. [C'era una volta il West]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Euro International Films/Paramount Pictures/Rafran Cinematografica/Finanzia San Marco, 1968.

Slovenliness is no part of religion; that neither this, nor any text of Scripture, condemns neatness of apparel. Certainly this a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is, indeed, next to godliness."

John Wesley

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Clothes make the man Clothing

Speaker

John Wesley

Medium

Sermon Speech

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Wesley, John. "On Dress." c. 1788. Sermon.

Current Citation

Wesley, John. "On Dress." The Works of the John Wesley, edited by Albert C. Outler. Vol. 3, Abingdon Press, 1986.