“Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide them all”
William Shakespeare
“Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should”
Lord Chesterfield
“Look at me, I'm in tatters.”
Al Golden
“There's many a thing which they - Whose coats are tattered never dare to say”
Juvenal
“Their whole by-election plan is in tatters, which is no surprise because everything Mr McConnell puts his fingers on usually collapses or turns to dust.”
Alex Salmond
“appears to be falling apart, tattered just in the last two years, unfortunately during your reign.”
Bob Livingston
“Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat.”
Caecilius Statius
