Sunday, February 12, 2012

Commonplace Book

'...it is, I am told, a finer test to embellish much gentleman-apparel, than to walk with dignity totally unadorned. This simply tries the soundness of our faculties: that tempts them in erratic directions. It is the difference between active and passive excellence.'

from Evan Harrington by George Meredith (Chapter VI)

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