Quotation Explorer - 'Shabby'

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes. - W. H. Auden
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. - Willa Cather
Such is true joy’s absolute certainty,Its slow lit fuse that burns holesIn the shabby shroud of death forever. - Scott Hastie
The Master said, A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.(Analects 4.9) - Confucius
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