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Proverb
You can't tell a book by its cover.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this many times in the late 1950's from his uncle.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Judgment ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Superficial ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |