Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitud…

Jane Austen
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. ✨ Jane Austen (2015). The Jane Austen MEGAPACK TM: All Her Classic Works, p.1560, Wildside Press LLC
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