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“Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.”
― Unseen Academicals
― Unseen Academicals
“Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.”
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“A virtuos woman is not moved by big names and flamboyance, but only men of profound wisdom and integrity move her.”
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“There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.”
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“If by the quarter of the twentieth century godliness wasn’t next to something more interesting than cleanliness, it might be time to reevaluate our notions of godliness.”
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“Civilisation is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta.”
― The Dark Light Years
― The Dark Light Years
“Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“Clean up a pigsty," she commented one evening, "and if the creatures in it still have pig-minds and pig-desires, soon it will be the same old pigsty again.”
― Christy
― Christy
“Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?”
― The Little White Horse
― The Little White Horse
“Though outwardly Kristina maintained that a clean room was a symptom of a diseased mind (for how could she, while studying the world's greatest thinkers, be bothered with such mundane earthly issues as cleaning?), inwardly she hated untidyness and made a point of spending as little time in the room as possible.”
― Red Leaves
― Red Leaves
“Neatness and cleanliness is not a function of how rich or poor you are but that of mentality and principle.”
― Great Reflections on Success
― Great Reflections on Success
“A clean home, a clean body, and clean company. Do you know where that leads?'
I could not have been more than five years old when she taught me this. I looked way up at her as she spoke. 'Where does it lead, Gran?'
'To a clean conscience. To a good, clean life.”
― The Maid
I could not have been more than five years old when she taught me this. I looked way up at her as she spoke. 'Where does it lead, Gran?'
'To a clean conscience. To a good, clean life.”
― The Maid
“I think there’s something very healthy about keeping your own cave clean. It is a good barometer of how your life is going, the state of your home. If it’s a complete tip, you’re taking on too much or depressed; if someone else has to keep it clean for you, it’s too big or you’re too busy.”
― Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
― Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
“The time to clean our city of any dirt begins with individual action for collective clean communities.”
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“We all clean a lot of things as we go through life. We clean our clothes and wear them over our unclean hearts. We wash our hands and leave our souls untouched. We pour water on our heads and as it drips down to our feet, it cleans the dirt off our skin. But we leave our thoughts and words out of this cleanliness.”
― Unforgettable: Living a Life That Matters
― Unforgettable: Living a Life That Matters
“It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.”
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“Cleanliness is not next to godliness nowadays, for cleanliness is made an essential and godliness is regarded as an offence.”
― Selected Essays
― Selected Essays
“Cleanliness is said to be next to godliness”
― The Healing Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Positive Vibes
― The Healing Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Positive Vibes
“Realistically, we aren't always able to leave things better than the way we found them, but it's fair to ask that we try not to leave them worse.”
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“…you could never clean a thing so infinitesimally that it didn’t need to be cleaned again the instant you were done.”
― Underworld
― Underworld
“Manhattan's middle and upper classes began to wash in their bedrooms. Even in impoverished tenements, families brought out a basin once a week filled it with water to bathe the children on the kitchen floor.”
― Clean: The New Science of Skin
― Clean: The New Science of Skin
“This doctor was a distinguished-looking man, with splendid coal-black whiskers, and a bonny, fresh-complexioned wife; he ate fresh apples in the morning and kept his mouth remarkably clean, gargling for almost three quarters of an hour every morning and polishing his teeth with five different types of toothbrush.”
― Plays and Petersburg Tales
― Plays and Petersburg Tales
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