“Each man in his life honors, and imitates as well as he can, that god to whose choir he belonged, while he is uncorrupted in his first incarnation here; and in the fashion he has thus learned, he bears himself to his beloved as well as to the rest. So, then, each chooses from among the beautiful a love conforming to his kind, and then, as if his chosen were his god, he sets him up and robes him for worship.” IfsMenFirstsWellsKindBeautifulFashionBearsHonorWorshipChosenBelovedConformIncarnationRobesChoir Author:Mary Renault
“What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise and honors are closed against them. If poor, they must drudge for a mere pittance if of the wealthy classes, they must be dressed dolls of fashion parlor puppets.” IfsLawVoicePoorClassRightsFashionHonorMereEnterpriseWealthyWomens RightsAvenuesDollsPuppetsParlorBreaking The Law Author:Ernestine Rose
“There is no doubt of the essential nobility of that man who pours into life the honest vigor of his toil, over those who compose the feathery foam of fashion that sweeps along Broadway; who consider the insignia of honor to consist in wealth and indolence; and who, ignoring the family history, paint coats of arms to cover up the leather aprons of their grandfathers.” MenWealthDoubtHonestFashionArmsHonorEssentialsLaborPaintNo DoubtGrandfatherCoatsToilBroadwayNobilityLeatherVigorFamily HistoryIndolenceCover UpsFoamApronsCoat Of Arms Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“Ambrose Phillips . . . who had the honor of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, Namby Pamby.” Has BeensNamesFashionHonorSpeciesComposition Author:Thomas B. Macaulay