Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed.…

Charles Dickens
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Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. ✨ 'Martin Chuzzlewit' (1844) ch. 5 (Mark Tapley)
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