A Quote by George Eliot

Don't judge a book by its cover

George Eliot

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George Eliot
British - Novelist
November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

E. A. Bucchianeri

At different times and in different places I have come to expect certain books to look a certain way, and, as in all fashions, these changing features fix a precise quality onto a book's definition. I judge a book by its cover; I judge a book by its shape.

Alberto Manguel

Just as you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, don't judge people by their clothes.

Kirron Kher

I've always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover but who wants to have sex with a book?

Stephen Colbert

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

Jamie Lee Curtis

You can't judge a book by its cover, can you?

Cao Cao

Never judge a cover by its book.

Fran Lebowitz

I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.

Zac Goldsmith

I've learned that you really cannot judge a book by its cover.

Aileen Lee

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look.

Action Bronson

Don't judge me by the cover, 'cause I'm a real good book.

Dolly Parton

You meet people, and you realize that you can never judge a book by its cover.

Joey Jordison

You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.