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"Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."
"Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature."
"Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances."
"Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]"
"An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better."
"The clothes don’t have to suit you; you have to suit the clothes."
"Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another"
"In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me."
"Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time."
"Be not too tame neither, but let your own Discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action."
"I don't care where we're going; I'm gonna wear a suit all day, every day."
"Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes."
"Every people have gods to suit their circumstances."
"One principal object of good-breeding is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men, our superiors, our equals, and those below us."
"I'm such a dude. I'm just like, 'All right, I have to get up in my monkey suit.' I'd rather be in jeans."
"I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit"
"I won't eat in a place that has suits of armor."
"The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit."
"It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs. I was very happy to publish mine today, and hope others will follow suit."
"I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly."
