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'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Appearance
2

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

Appearance
3

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the fa?ade of his appearance.

Iris Murdoch

Appearance
4

A little man often cast a long shadow.

Appearance
5

All things are becoming to good people.

Appearance
6

Appearance rules the world.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Appearance
7

Appearances are deceptive.

Aesop

Appearance
8

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

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9

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Mark Twain

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10

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.

Appearance
11

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Jean de La Fontaine

Appearance
12

Chins without beards deserve no honor.

Appearance
13

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

John Wesley

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14

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance

Henry Ward Beecher

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15

Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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16

Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40.

Abraham Lincoln

Appearance
17

First appearance deceives many.

Phaedrus

Appearance
18

First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible professions or studied actions. A man's look is the work of years; it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more, by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily.

William Hazlitt

Appearance
19

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

Kin Hubbard

Appearance
20

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

George Eliot

Appearance
21

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Raymond Chandler

Appearance
22

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

Thomas Fuller M.D.

Appearance
23

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

Robert Southey

Appearance
24

I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.

Ernest Hemingway

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25

I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s: and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.

Robert Southey

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26

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.

Oliver Goldsmith

Appearance
27

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde

Appearance
28

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

Ovid

Appearance
29

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

John Ruskin

Appearance
30

Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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31

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Terence

Appearance
32

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

Aesop

Appearance
33

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Euripides

Appearance
34

Regardless of weather, the moon shines the same; it is the drifting clouds that make it seem different on different nights.

Appearance
35

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

Charles Lamb

Appearance
36

The best mirror is an old friend.

Appearance
37

The Lord prefers common looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

Abraham Lincoln

Appearance
38

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive -- you are leaking.

Fran Lebowitz

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39

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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40

The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.

Appearance
41

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

Ovid

Appearance
42

The world is governed more by appearances than by realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

Daniel Webster

Appearance
43

There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.

Seneca the Younger

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44

There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.

Don Herold

Appearance
45

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.

Phaedrus

Appearance
46

Things are seldom what they seem.

W. S. Gilbert

Appearance
47

Think not I am what I appear.

George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron

Appearance
48

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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49

Trust not to much to appearances.

Virgil

Appearance
50

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Kurt Vonnegut

Appearance
51

We see things as we are, not as they are.

Leo Rosten

Appearance
52

When disposition wins us, the features please.

Ovid

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53

Wide will wear, but tight will tear.

Appearance
54

Woman cannot be content with health and agility: she must make exorbitant efforts to appear something that never could exist without a diligent perversion of nature. Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caresses of a subhumanly ugly mate?

Germaine Greer

Appearance

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'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the fa?ade of his appearance.

A little man often cast a long shadow.

All things are becoming to good people.

Appearance rules the world.

Appearances are deceptive.

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Chins without beards deserve no honor.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance

Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40.

First appearance deceives many.

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Regardless of weather, the moon shines the same; it is the drifting clouds that make it seem different on different nights.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The Lord prefers common looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive -- you are leaking.

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

The world is governed more by appearances than by realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.

There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.

Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.

Things are seldom what they seem.

Think not I am what I appear.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

Trust not to much to appearances.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

When disposition wins us, the features please.

Wide will wear, but tight will tear.