The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.
Thomas Bulfinch

The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head.
John Byng

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
William Robertson Smith

The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
Adolf Loos

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
Adolf Hitler

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.
Henry A. Kissinger

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
Plato

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened.
Todd Gitlin

The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
Edward F. Halifax

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.
Elias Canetti

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?
Max de Pree

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
Daniel Defoe

The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.
James Larkin

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
Maxine Hong Kingston

The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it.
Fred Saberhagen

The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.
Daniel Okrent

The truth has got to appear plausible on the stage.
Edward Bond

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear to them.
Jerry B. Jenkins

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
Samuel Johnson