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Quotes About Cleanliness

Soap shining beauty.
~ Walker Percy
Stop!" said the Irishwoman. "I have one more word for you both; for you will both see me again before all is over. Those that wish to be clean, clean they will be; and those that wish to be foul, foul they will be. Remember.
~ Charles Kingsley
Cleanliness, said some sage man, is next to godliness. It may be, but how it came to sit so near is the marvel.
~ Charles Lamb
What really does work to increase the feeling of having a home and its comforts is housekeeping. Housekeeping creates cleanliness, order, regularity, beauty, the conditions for health and safety, and a good place to do and feel all the things you wish and need to do and feel in your home. Whether
~ Cheryl Mendelson
Virgo: "You missed a spot."
~ Internet meme
Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.
~ William Osler
HYGIENE. Bacteriology made moral...
~ H. L. Mencken
Does anyone know if we can shower now? Or should we just keep washing our hands?
~ Internet meme, March 2020
Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
~ Harold Pinter
Elsewhere in the journal, he transcribes the rules laid down by Benjamin Franklin as a prescription for happiness and success: "Eat not to dullness," "Avoid trifling conversation," "Waste nothing," "Let all things have their place," "Use no hurtful deceit," "Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes, or habitation," and so on.
~ Harold Schechter
There aren't many clean places left in this dirty world of ours.
~ Harry Bernstein
the only place more germ laden than a hospital is an elementary school.
~ Laurie Frankel
It's easy to clean up when you got money.
~ lawton j f
When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
~ lebowitz fran iii
If you really want to purify people, dispense hand sanitizer
~ Lee Goldberg
The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.
~ Jane Austen
Men never know when things are dirty or not; women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.
~ Jane Austen
Men never know when things are dirty or not
~ Jane Austen
Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery, and she grew clean as she grew smart;
~ Jane Austen
Actually, she often wondered whether cleanliness drove love away. Fastidious, she suspected that life itself was to be found in dirt and disorder, in unknown dark substances that she was hesitant to touch.
~ Jane Smiley
Everyone knows you can't see death cooties. Take my word for it, that couch has the biggest, fattest death cooties that ever existed. That couch has the mother of all death cooties. – Lula
~ Janet Evanovich
Will you promise to pick up after yourself?" "No, but I'll hire a cleaning lady.
~ Janet Evanovich
He looked just like himself. Didn't look like he was living in dark alleys. He was clean, fresh shaven. Didn't look hungry. Had on clean clothes. Seemed to be alone. Was a little, um, upset. Said I was a pain in the ass. No! You? A pain in the ass? I can't imagine why anyone would think that.
~ Janet Evanovich
It's not unreasonable to ask folks to stay clean in order to receive federal assistance.
~ Stephen Fincher