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IT IS SAID THAT WE CAN JUDGE A CHARACTER OF A MAN FRO.M HIS DRESS. BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS SO. DRESS CAN ONLY HELP US TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IN KNOWING THE BROAD FACTS OF A MAN'S CHARACTER.A MAN WHO WEARS A COSTLY DRESS IS NOT NECESSARILY A MAN OF LAVISH HABITS. ON THE OTHER HAND, A MAN WHO WEARS TATTERED CLOTHES IS NOT NECESSARILY A MAN OF MISERLY HABITS. HE MAY BE DOING SO ONLY DUE TO HIS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS. YET IT IS TRUE , IN SOME CASES DRESS SERVES AS A USEFUL INDEX TO THE CHARACTER OF A MAN. SOME COMMON EXAMPLES FROM WHICH WE CAN GET GET SOME IDEA OF A MAN'S CHARACTER FROM HIS DRESS ARE GIVEN BELOW-
WE DAILY COME ACROSS SUCH PERSONS AS PUT ON CLOTHES OF FAST COLORS .WE FIND THEM IN GAUDY COLORS. THEY WEAR THE BUSHSHIRTS PRINTED WITH THE FACES OF ACTORS AND ACTRESS. SO IS THE CASE WITH THEIR SHOES- SHOES WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS . WE CAN EASILY KNOW THE CHARACTER OF SUCH PEOPLE BY LOOKING AT THE WAY IN WHICH THEY DRESS. SUCH PEOPLE, IF WE ,CAREFULLY OBSERVE THEM,ARE VERY FOND OF SHOW AND OSTENTATION. THEY LACK THE MATURITY OF TASTE. THEY DO NOT HAVE SOBER HABITS. WE CAN KNOW THIS BY THEIR DRESS.
MANY PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY ARE GIVEN COSTLY AND DECENT CLOTHES , WILL MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE SHABBY AND INEFFECTIVE. THEY WILL PUT ON THE COAT BUT NEVER BUTTON IT UP. THE LACES OF THEIR SHOES WILL REMAIN UNTIED. IF THEY USE THE TIE,THEY WILL NOT PUT THE KNOT PROPERLY .THEY NEVER BOTHER WHETHER THEIR CLOTHES ARE PRESSED OR NOT. AS THESE PEOPLE ARE WITH THEIR CLOTHES,SO THEY ARE WITH THEIR HABITS. THEY BEHAVE CARELESSLY IN OTHER MATTERS ALSO. THEY ARE SLOVENLY IN THEIR DRESS, LIVING ,READING AND OTHER WAYS ALSO..SO IN THIS WAY DRESS REFLECTS THEIR CHARACTER. BESIDES THIS ,WE FIND PEOPLE WEARING VERY SIMPLE CLOTHES- A WHITE KURTA, DHOTI, AND A WHITE CAP ON THE HEAD AN D SIMPLE SLIPPERS, BUT THEIR CLOTHES ARE ALWAYS VERY NEAT AND CLEAN. SUCH PEOPLE SHOW THAT THEY ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF THE PRINCIPLE ,'SIMPLE LIVING AND HIGH THINKING'. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN OSTENTATION. MOSTLY SUCH PEOPLE ARE INTELLECTUALS.
BROADLY SPEAKING THE DRESS OF A MAN HELPS US TO KNOW HIS CHARACTER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME , IT MAY ALSO BE ADDED THAT THE DRESS SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS THE SOLE INDEX TO THE CHARACTER OF A MAN. MANY SAINTS AND SADHUS COMPLETELY NEGLECT THEIR DRESS,BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE VERY LOW EITHER IN THEIR MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STANDARD . ON THE OTHER HAND , THEY RAISE THEMSELVES SO HIGH FROM THE LEVEL OF SUCH WORLDLY CONSIDERATIONS THAT DRESS BECOMES MEANINGLESS TO THEM.SO IN JUDGING THE CHARACTER OF A MAN DRESS CAN HELP US ONLY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT .IT CAN NEVER BE THE SOLE GUIDE .WE SHOULD ALSO TAKE OTHER FACTORS IN TO THE CONSIDERATIONS IN JUDGING A MAN.
