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Quote by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other. – Ivy Compton-Burnett

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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler, Erewhon

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The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. – Daniel Webster

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Sometimes I wonder — if I were drop-dead handsome, and every woman I met actually dropped dead, would I ever get tired of it? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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