Appearance Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.

— Thomas Browne

Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks.

— Thomas Browne

Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

— Sri Aurobindo

Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which…

— Samuel Johnson

A mind that is charmed by false appearances refuses better things. [Lat., Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.]

— Horace

The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these…

— Charlie Kaufman

There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.

— Henry David Thoreau

The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason…

— Blaise Pascal

“In a terrified world, false news was king.”

— Stephen King

“How can man become complete? From the world’s point of view, he will become Truth when he eliminates his false world and false self.”

— Woo Myung