Deceptive Appearances Quotes

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. I wonder if this is how it is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likeable as good men.

Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.

One sees more devils than vast hell can hold

What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.

The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

beware the Lure of a handsome Face, the all too ready Assumption that the lovely Fa&#231ade must needs have lovely Chambers within; for as 'tis with Great Houses, so, too, with Great Men.

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

People are not what they seem to be according to their looks.

The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel: eat less of it, for it is full of fire. Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest, but its smoke becomes visible in the end.

We fake perfect so others don't have to experience any unpleasant realities, because their life is just as fake as ours.

It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself.

What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.

The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.

There is so much more to this world then outward appearances. Our society basks in the illusion of normalcy every day, and hides from the truth every night.

False fancy brings real misery.

but even the facts do not always tell the truth

Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all the while be sitting on one addled egg; and when it takes to cackling will have nothing to announce but that addled delusion.

I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at the wrapping. But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.

All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told.