Appearance Is Deceitful Quotes & Sayings

Commerce however we may please ourselves with the contrary opinion, is one of the daughters of fortune, inconstant and deceitful as her mother. She chooses her residence where she is least expected, and shifts her abode when her continuance is, in appearance, most firmly settled. — Samuel Johnson

Nothing is more deceitful,' said Darcy, 'than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, — Jane Austen

Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us. — George Horace Lorimer

There is nothing more deceitful ... than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes and indirect boast. — Jane Austen

Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics. — David Hume

Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful. — Gautama Buddha

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen