Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Other quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Category:
Men
Read Quote

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Category:
Nature
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Appearance
category

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
Appearance

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

Category:
Appearance

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Category:
Appearance

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. – Aesop

Category:
Appearance

Random Quotes

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older. – Keith Henson

Category:
Intelligence

In all honesty I think that Ive had a very normal life, even though Ive been making movies since I was 9. – Josh Hutcherson

Category:
movies

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred. – Arthur Golden

Category:
Jealousy

I cant change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean

Category:
Change