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Style is the dress of thoughts . . .; if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.

Source: Letter, 24 Nov 1749; first published 1774.
-- Philip Dormer Chesterfield, (Sep 22 1694-1773), English statesman, author; He typified the 18th-century gentleman; wrote Letters to His Son, 1774 as a guide to manners and worldly success.

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