ProverbHuman Nature
Latin origin
Latin originClothes don't make the man
Meaning: External appearances cannot determine a person's true character, integrity, or worth.
Origin: The reverse of the old saying "clothes make the man," which Erasmus recorded in Latin as vestis virum facit, citing the Roman writer Quintilian. Another Latin proverb makes the same point as this one: cucullus non facit monachum, the hood does not make the monk.
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- Más terco/a que una mula Hopelessly obstinate — no argument, fact, or force of nature will shift their position.
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