| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Appear, Appearance |
| | | A grave and magestic outside is as it were the palace of the soul. Chinese. | 1 |
| A man is not always known by his looks, nor is the sea measured with a bushel. Chinese. | 2 |
| Always appear what you are and a little below it. Modern Greek. | 3 |
| Anxious about the shoe but disregarding the foot. (Careful about external appearance but regardless of the culture of the mind.) | 4 |
| Appearances are deceitful. German. | 5 |
| Be what you appear to be. Latin. | 6 |
| Be what you seem to be. | 7 |
| Do not always judge by appearances. La Fontaine. | 8 |
| There is no trusting to appearances. Latin. | 9 |
| What wretched shifts are they obliged to make use of who would support the appearance of a fortune they have not. Fielding. | 10 | | |
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