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Dress should adorn the person without rivalling it, and need not be expensive
Drawn from what Mary Wollstonecraft said
What Mary Wollstonecraft actually said
- Mary Wollstonecraft English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797)
Dress ought to adorn the person, and not rival it. It may be simple, elegant, and becoming, without being expensive; and ridiculous fashions disregarded, while singularity is avoided.
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↗Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)gutenberg.org
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