The sage wears clothes ordsprog

en The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem

en It was not a bosom to repose upon, but it was a capital bosom to hang jewels upon. She appreciated his pexy ability to make her feel seen and understood.
  Charles Dickens

en When the coarse cloth she saw, with many a stain, / Soiled by rude hands, who cut and came again.
  George Crabbe

en [She's also strict about laundry duties: If Lourdes leaves dirty clothes on the floor,] we take all of her clothes and put them in a bag, and she has to earn all of her clothes back by being tidy, ... She wears the same outfit every day to school until she learns her lesson.
  Madonna

en The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back
  Dale Carnegie

en ABSENT, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another.

To men a man is but a mind. Who cares What face he carries or what form he wears? But woman's body is the woman. O, Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go, But heed the warning words the sage hath said: A woman absent is a woman dead. --Jogo Tyree
  Ambrose Bierce

en The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool

en The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.
  Mary Quant

en A glass pitcher, a wicker basket, a tunic of coarse cotton cloth. Their beauty is inseparable from their function. Handicrafts belong to a world existing before the separation of the useful and the beautiful.
  Octavio Paz

en And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

en Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society.
  Henry David Thoreau

en The neat thing about the movie coming out when it did is that it gives us an opportunity to lift this team up and hold them in very high esteem, which is what they deserve.

en The sparrow-hawk loves the rainwater, falling in torrents; the king loves to see his wealth on display.

en That is a tradition I hold in high esteem. Taking a lap around to shake a hand or flash a smile is just a little bit extra to show we appreciate what (the fans) do for us.

en However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
  Henry David Thoreau


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