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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
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.]
If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
