Appearances Quotes

Most popular appearances quotes

A bird is known by his feathers.
— Jewish proverb

Jewish proverbs proverbs

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.
If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. And likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the further you go beyond the appearance the nearer you will be to the essence.
Appearances give us more pleasure than reality, especially when they help to satisfy our egos.

ego human nature

Often a noble face hides filthy ways. - Euripides quote.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

face

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing. - Aesop quote.
Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

sheep

Judge nothing by the appearance. The more beautiful the serpent, the more fatal its sting.

proverbs

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. - Aesop quote.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearances only. - Samuel Butler quote.
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearances only.
Appearances are not seen to be a clue to the truth.  But we seem to have no other. - Ivy Compton-Burnett quote.
Appearances are not seen to be a clue to the truth.  But we seem to have no other.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself. - François de La Rochefoucauld quote.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

cynical merit

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
— American proverb

American proverbs proverbs

All that glitters is not gold.

proverbs

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. quote.
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

friendship

You can't tell a book by looking at its cover.

proverbs

Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without.