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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

Source:(ed. Penguin Books, 2006), Volume I, Chapter 10, Page 77
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  • Book: Northanger Abbey
  • Writer: Jane Austen
  • Genre: Romance, Gothic, Historical Fiction
  • Published: 1817
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