Russian Proverbs

"По одежке встречают, по уму провожают" Literal translation: You meet a people by their clothes, but see off a people by their intellect.

This proverb means that the first thing one notices when meeting somebody is his outer appearance, but once one gets to know him it is his intelligence, personality etc that matters.

English analogue: «Clothes do not make the man»

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