Appearance Quote by Epictetus

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

— Epictetus

“Realize that anyone who tries to put you down about your appearance is assuming that it is your job to please them visually. Once…

— Skeptifem

Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly…

— Matthias Schoenaerts

If we don’t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we’re stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by…

— Ellen DeGeneres

“Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face,…

— William P. Young

“Since then, as philosophers prove, appearance tyrannizes over truth and is lord of happiness, to appearance I must devote myself.”

— Plato

I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.

— Evelyn Waugh

“The gaze of others is quite without indulgence for our defects and that of Mantegna is pitiless. I am grateful to him. Harshness, in…

— Marie Ferranti

“Appearances are really just manifestations of how we see ourselves. And so, with that in mind, the way you see yourself, well, it has…

— Alyson Noel

More than anything, I think everything about appearance is illusory. People see you, and they think they understand what you're projecting, but actually, they…

— Annie Lennox

“It is quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very…

— Wm. Paul Young

Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am,…

— Maxine Waters