Appearances are often ...

Appearances are often deceiving.
Appearances are often deceiving.
 Aesop

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
It is absurd to ape our betters.
It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.