Facades are more than the faces of buildings. They’re the faces that we put on for everyone to see. They’re the appearance that we hope to make.
We hope you enjoy this collection of quotes about facades.
Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger. ~ A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
There are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely – or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. ~ Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
He was among men who cloaked their lives with religion in order to follow their real purposes unseen of men. ~ Secret Worship by Algernon Blackwood
Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. ~ The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
“That’s the way we all begin,” said Tom Platt. “The boys they make believe all the time till they’ve cheated ’emselves into bein’ men, an’ so till they die – pretendin’ an’ pretendin’ ” ~ Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Is this the real me? Is that the real you? Who knows? Maybe these four quotes from literature about reality will help us sort it out.