Quotes About Perception

The public scandal is what brings offence, And secret sinning is not sin at all.

Die Dinge haben nur den Wert, den man ihnen verleiht.

l'hypocrisie est un vice à la mode, et tous les vices à la mode passent pour vertus.

Appearances can deceive the keenest mind. Remember my example, and be wise: When things look simple, don't believe your eyes.

Alle Menschen sind mir in solchem Maße verhasst, dass es mich ärgern würde, wenn ich in ihren Augen weise wäre

But how a man like you, who looks so wise And wears a moustache of such splendid size, Can be so foolish as to...

All right, then: I'm deluded and I'm blind.   CLITANDRE

Hay gente a la que no le importa pasar por mala, pero no soporta que se le ponga en ridículo.

That is the usual strain of all your kind; They must have every one as blind as they.

Kogu inimkond on nii vastik rämps ja park, et mind solvata võiks, kui näiksin neile tark.

Les gens de qualite savent tout sans avoir jamais rien appris. Les choses ne valent que ce qu'on les fait valoir. J'ai une delicatesse furieuse pour tout ce que je porte; et jusqu'a mes chaussettes, je ne puis rien souffrir que ne soit de la bonne ouvriere.

What the deuce does he mean by all this? I thought I had found a clever man who would give me good advice, and I find a chimney-sweep, who, instead of speaking to me, plays at mora.

Womankind is, in fact, the soup of man, And when a man perceives that others wish To dip their dirty fingers into his dish, His temper flares, and bursts into a flame.

Las cosas no valen sino lo que se las hace valer.

Cl. In short, we ought to be blind throughout this play, and pretend not to see anything in it. Ur. We ought not to see what is not there.

Les gens de qualité savent tout, sans avoir jamais rien appris. People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.

Así va el mundo. Muchos adquieren opinión de doctos, no por lo que efectivamente saben, sino por el concepto que forma de ellos la ignorancia de los demás.

Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.

You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones impose only on those who do not know him.

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.

Ah, there are no longer any children!

My Lord Jupiter knows how to sugarcoat the pill.

Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.