Child: How come I have to take a bath? Mother: Cleanliness is next to godliness.
•The woman sitting next to me on the bus had obviously never heard that cleanliness is next to godliness.
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<03> Чистоплотность сродни праведности. Ср. Чистота – лучшая красота.