Wearing

Famous quotes containing the word wearing:

“Why do you ever mend your clothes, unless that, wearing them, you may mend your ways. Let us sing.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It is not linen you’re wearing out
But human creatures’ lives!
Stitch—stitch—stitch,
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

“Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn’t bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.”
—Beryl Bainbridge (20th century)