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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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Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.

Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.

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They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

by Joyce Grenfell Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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All that glisters is not gold.

All that glisters is not gold.

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Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

by Vincent Van Gogh 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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There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

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By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.

By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.

by John Gay Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.

If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.

by Lord Chesterfield Found in: Appearance Quotes,
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