“Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
VI, 3
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VI
“Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.”
Source: Gil's All Fright Diner
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