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Handsome is that handsome does.
Handsome is that handsome does.
The South Wind
has for the evening
donned
jasmine scent.
The South Wind
has for the evening
donned
jasmine scent.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]
To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]
Think not I am what I appear.
Think not I am what I appear.
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.
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
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.
Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.
Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.
