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People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
 Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
 [Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]  
 Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
 [Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.] 
Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.
Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.
 Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
 And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
  Not all that glisters read more 
 Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
 And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
  Not all that glisters gold. 
 O wad some power the giftie gie us
 To see oursel's as ithers see us!
  It wad read more 
 O wad some power the giftie gie us
 To see oursel's as ithers see us!
  It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
   And foolish notion;
    What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
     And ev'n devotion! 
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
 The habit does not make the monk.
 [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]  
 The habit does not make the monk.
 [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.] 
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a read more
You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.