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Aeschylus
To be rather than to seem. Lat., Esse quam videri.
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Aeschylus
Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
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Aesop
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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Alexandre Dumas Pere
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Anthony Burgess
Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. - You've Had Your Time, 1990.
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Arthur Ashe
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
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Baltasar Gracian
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
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Beau Brummel
If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
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Beau Brummel
You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.
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Bible
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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Bible
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
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Bible
Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
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Charles Caleb Colton
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.
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Charles Churchill
Appearances to save, his only care; So things seem right, no matter what they are.
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