"In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester."

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Source : Tailor of Gloucester (1903) p. 9

Beatrix Potter

#Gentleman Quotes #Gold Quotes #Ruffles Quotes

“When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.”
“It hurts, it hurts... Im dying, I'm dying.”
“How a person wins and loses is much more important than how much a person wins and loses.”
“I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.”
“What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder.”
“Whenever you surrender the most precious areas of your life to GOD, it's like trading in a pile of worthless pebbles for a truckload of priceless jewels.”
“Anger is short-lived madness.”
“Liberty is the solution of all social and economic questions.”

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