Baltasar Gracian Quotes

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

Things are not always as they seem.

America is a country that has been skating for ages on its unparalleled ability to look marvelous on the outside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outward appearances mean everything.

Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.

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

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

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

I must begin by saying something about the old Germany. That Germany, too, suffered from superficial judgment, because appearances and reality were not always kept apart in people's minds.

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

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.

Everything isn't exactly what it seems from the outside.

The 'Raining Gold' video naturally took on one of the messages behind the song, which is you should never assume anything about someone or a situation just because it looks a certain way on the surface.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

The way you see me on 'Jersey' is a snapshot, and you can't judge from a snapshot.

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

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.

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.

Most portraits are lies. People are rarely what they appear to be, especially in front of a camera. You might know me your entire lifetime and never reveal yourself to me. To interpret wrinkles as character is insult not insight.