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Quote by Daniel Webster
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it

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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This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions. – Daniel Webster

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A little man often cast a long shadow. – Italian Proverb

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Appearances are deceptive. – Aesop

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Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it. – Maurice Chevalier

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