Appearance
"...King Alfonso was not very tall but well proportioned, and he was rather strong and had fair skin and hair." From 'Crónica de Pedro' by Pedro López de Ayala (1332-1407).
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“By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its picture.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.”
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