cleanliness is next to godliness

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first.

Does anyone really think that cleanliness is next to godliness?

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.

"If cleanliness is next to Godliness, this woman was a saint."

"Cleanliness is next to godliness, they say, particularly around here.

I know what men are and just remember what they say cleanliness is next to godliness.

If cleanliness is next to godliness, spring is a day in church.

In a land where a certain kind of cleanliness is next to godliness, stevia makes the cut.

* And remember that cleanliness is next to godliness.

"Cleanliness is next to godliness," Mamma liked to say constantly.

"She means cleanliness is next to godliness," the corporal interposed.

Had he dozed off in Bible class when they were teaching that cleanliness is next to godliness?

I mean, I'm not one of those people who think cleanliness is next to godliness, but there are limits.'

"Cleanliness is next to godliness," I said.

'Cleanliness is next to Godliness'- or so our Victorian ancestors used to argue!

(Answer to quiz: No. 3) Was it in kindergarten that we were taught that cleanliness is next to godliness?

He * Classically, very few people have considered that cleanliness is next to godliness, apart from in a very sternly abridged dictionary.

The bathroom had a wooden floor that had been scrubbed nearly white (Cleanliness is next to Godliness) and a tub on claw feet.

"Cleanliness is Next to Godliness" (History Channel International: 1 October 2008)

Eugene Robinson (Oxbow) - on Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness

And yet, in recent weeks, this small place, whose motto, on a sign board, proclaims "cleanliness is next to godliness" has come to know some stirring of unaccustomed violence.

I am even ready to admit that cleanliness is next to godliness; but the moderns will not even admit godliness to be next to cleanliness.

Cleanliness may be endowed with a moral quality, as indicated by the aphorism "cleanliness is next to godliness," and may be regarded as contributing to other ideals such as health and beauty.

The appearance of the body - of cleanliness - was believed to reflect one's soul (i.e., the common phrase 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness') and so townspeople and aristocrats bathed frequently.

From General Peckem's office on the mainland came prolix bulletins each day headed by such cheery homilies as 'Procrastination is the Thief of Time' and 'Cleanliness is Next to Godliness.'