Groucho Marx Quotes

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

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

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

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

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.

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

If somebody ever says something is a mature theme, it's bound to not be. I mean, you shouldn't fall for that. You can make it sound mature, but anything that's about being mature is pretty immature.

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.

Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmith.

The great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

I'm very much known as being the smiley girl, and unfortunately, lightness can be mistaken for stupidity or someone with no depth.

Things are not always as they seem.

I look crazy, but I'm not. And the funny thing is, that other people don't look crazy, but they are.

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.

Very few people look the part and are it too.

People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

People are not what they seem to be according to their looks.

He did seem like a nice boy. Seeming and being are two different things.

Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense.

Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious To have mistrusted her.