Clothes Quotes
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."— Mark Twain
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Meaning of this quote
The joke turns a proverb about appearance into a literal observation about clothing.
Key takeaway:
Notice how the literal twist changes a familiar proverb.
Origin of the quote
More Maxims of Mark, edited by Merle Johnson (1927).
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe posthumous collection credits Twain. The precise lifetime manuscript or occasion was not independently established, so the record remains qualified.
