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• My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.
  -- Thomas Hood (1798-1845) -- The Song of the Shi...
• With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread,-- Stitch!
  itch! stitch! -- Thomas Hood (1798-1845) -- The Song of the Shi...
• No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief.
  -- Thomas Hood (1798-1845) -- The Song of the Shi...
• O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!
  -- Thomas Hood (1798-1845) -- The Song of the Shi...
• O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!
  -- Thomas Hood (1798-1845) -- The Song of the Shi...
• If everyone gives one thread, the poor man will have a shirt. Russian Proverb
• A sleeve/button short of a shirt.
• Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
• Custer was fitted for an Arrow shirt.