فأكثر البشر يقنعون بالمظاهر كأنها حقائق، وكثيرًا ما تؤثّر فيهم الأشياء التي تبدو أكثر مما تؤثّر فيهم التي هي كذلك.

“For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.”Niccolo Machiavelli