"I thought everyone must know that a short jacket is always worn with a silk hat at a private view in the morning."

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Source : To Sir Frederick Ponsonby, who had proposed to accompany him in a tail-coat, in Sir Philip Magnus 'Edward VII' (1964) ch. 19

Edward VII

#Fashion Quotes #Morning Quotes #Views Quotes

“I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.”
“The biggest commitment you must keep is your commitment to yourself.”
“Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.”
“Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.”
“Every moment was a before and an after. Every moment was a now to be lived.”
“Love, like Edg'd tools, should never be played with.”
“Truth telling is the first building block of character -- a quality that seems to be getting rarer and rarer in all-forgiving America.”
“You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.”

Source : Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld”, p.281, Random House

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