“Appearances are very often both convincing and deceiving.”
Camillo Federici (1749–1802) Italian actor and playwright (1749-1802)
Il Capello Parlante, Act III, Sc. I. — (Lancourt).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 351.
“He will learn to observe carefully, and not to be deceived, as we sometimes are, by appearances.”
George Long (1800–1879) English classical scholar
An Old Man's Thoughts on Many Things, Of Education I
Context: Could not a boy be taught the elements of astronomy at the sole cost of using his eyes and his brain; taught slowly, certainly, and not wearied with too much at once? Some would learn more than others; but all would learn something. This is real science, real knowledge, which will make a boy wiser, and probably better too. He will learn to observe carefully, and not to be deceived, as we sometimes are, by appearances.
“Appearances can easily deceive anyone except a blind person.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher
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Kant, Immanuel (1996), page 37
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798)
Richard Leakey (1944) Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician
The Origin of Humankind (1994)
David Lane (white nationalist) (1938–2007) American white supremacist, convicted felon
Revolution by Number
“That what appears to be egoism so often isn't.”
David Foster Wallace book The Pale King
Source: The Pale King
