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Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. - Lord

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. – Lord Chesterfield

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A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility. – Lord Chesterfield

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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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The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons. – Bhagavad Gita

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You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. – Herb Cohen

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Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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