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PROVERB: APPEARANCE

THE WORLD IS GOVERNED MORE BY APPEARANCES THAN BY REALITIES, SO IT
IS AS FULLY NECESSARY TO SEEM TO KNOW SOMETHING AS IT IS TO
ACTUALLY KNOW IT.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS NOT POSITIVE, BUT SHE THINKS THAT SHE REMEMBERS
READING THIS AS A QUOTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. SHE ADDS THAT SHE HAS
NOT COME ACROSS IT FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

Where learned: WASHINGTON DC

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-04-1967

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