Appearance Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.

— 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 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

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

Only death does not lie.

— Sadegh Hedayat

“God does not lie.”

— Aki

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.

— John Dryden

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

— Helen McCrory

The heart does not lie.

— Marcel Proust