The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
Much Ado about Nothing, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Nothing exceeds in ridicule, no doubt,
A fool in fashion, but a fool that's out;
His passion for absurdity's so strong
He cannot bear a rival in the wrong.
Though wrong the mode, comply: more sense is shown
In wearing others' follies than our own.
Night Thoughts, Night II. DR. E. YOUNG.
Nothing is thought rare
Which is not new, and followed; yet we know
That what was worn some twenty years ago
Comes into grace again.
The Noble Gentleman: Prologue. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
I'll be at charges for a looking-glass,
And entertain some score or two of tailors,
To study fashions to adorn my body.
King Richard III., Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Let's do it after the high Roman fashion.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act iv. Sc. 15. SHAKESPEARE.
FATE.
Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steered by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits,
Hudibras, Pt. I. Canto I. S. BUTLER.
Fate holds the strings, and men like children move
But as they're led: success is from above.
Heroic Love, Act v. Sc. 1. LORD LANSDOWNE.
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm with angry brow,
But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
A Fable: Moral. W. COWPER.
With equal pace, impartial Fate
Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate.
Bk. I. Ode IV. HORACE. Trans. of PH. FRANCIS.