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    People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

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Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of read more

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

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Think not I am what I appear.

Think not I am what I appear.

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Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

by Aeschylus Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the read more

Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.

by Guy Debord Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out read more

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

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Style is the image of character.

Style is the image of character.

by Edward Gibbon Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - The Passionate State of the Mind, 1954.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - The Passionate State of the Mind, 1954.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]

To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]

by Aeschylus Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to read more

Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

by Oliver Cromwell Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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