|
|
|
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the
truth. But we seem to have no other. ~Ivy Compton-Burnett
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a
little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet
or a philosopher. ~Jonathan Swift
It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be
seen. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mirrors should think longer before they reflect. ~Jean Cocteau
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance
only. ~Samuel Butler, Erewhon
Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would
not have chosen a suit by it. ~Maurice Chevalier
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All
men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. ~Niccolo
Machiavelli
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a
person in love. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
Pretty is the queen that rules our land. ~Carrie Latet
The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look.
It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings
in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about
that person. ~P.J. O'Rourke
Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. ~Lord
Chesterfield
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it
is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
~Daniel Webster
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most
things are judged by their jackets. ~Baltasar Gracian
 |
 |
Quotations about Appearance