"We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so."
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"Political economy came into being as a natural result of the expansion of trade, and with its appearance elementary, unscientific huckstering was replaced by a developed system of licensed fraud, an entire science of enrichment."
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"The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence."
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"Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty."
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"Appearances are deceiving."
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"You can't play well if you don't look good."
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"It was then that she realized that the yellow butterflies preceded the appearances of Mauricio Babilonia."
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"Scientific truth is always paradox, if judged by everyday experience, which catches only the delusive appearance of things."
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"All appearances are real and negatio; sophistical: All reality must be sensation."
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"It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past."
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"Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances."
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"Appearances have very little to do with happiness."
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"We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive."
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"Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts...but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts"
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"What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right."
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"lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do ... They just don't wear them all at the same time."
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"All hoods make not monks."
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"Always scorn appearances and you always may."
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"Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance."
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"Many have been deceived by outward appearances and have proceeded to write and teach about good works and how they justify without even mentioning faith.... Wearying themselves with many works, they never come to righteousness."
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