![[To a woman who claimed she'd rather be dead than unconfined and unfashionable:] My dear, if you continue to lace as tightly as you do now, you will not long have the privilege of choice. You will be both dead and out of fashion.](/assets/img/quote-photos/to-a-woman-who-claimed-shed-rather-be-dead-than-unconfined-and-unfashionable.jpg)
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Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come.
fashion sacrifice shade
Fashion is the veriest goddess of semblance and of shade; to be happy is of far less consequence to her worshippers than to appear so; even pleasure itself they sacrifice to parade, and enjoyment to ostentation.
fashion admiration indifference
A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.
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fashion utterance weak
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long vengeance retribution
Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule. Charles Dickens
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You may go through difficulty, hardship, or trial—but as long as you are anchored to Him, you will have hope. Charles Stanley
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I long for nothing more earnestly than to serve God with all my might.
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