Plutarch Quotes

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

First appearance deceives many.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.

Dress does not give knowledge.

she shall scant show well that now shows best.

Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent.

He's a haircut and a forehand.

Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras, De juger des gens sur la mine. Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

All that glitters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold Had you been as wise as bold, Your in limbs, in judgment old, Your answer had not been in'scroll'd Fare you well: your suit is cold.' Cold, indeed, and labour lost: Then, farewell, heat and welcome, frost!

With many readers, brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under ground.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.

Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.

A $50 haircut, cool glasses, skinny jeans and a tattoo does not a prophet make.

A pretty face, don't make a pretty heart.

Lindsay calls them the Pugs: pretty from far away, ugly up close.

What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.

Appearances are deceptive.

Never judge a cover by its book.