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Hippocrates Physician
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"When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain."

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

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Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer
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"By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations."

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Richard Bach Author
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"Whatever We Hold in Thought Comes True in Our Experience; Like Attracts Like; we experiment with the Law of Changing Appearances, to make our outer world reflect our inner."

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Jack London Novelist, Journalist
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"His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub's fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances."

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