clothes don't make the man

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27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: النضرة في البركي وكاع لا يجري (en-naḍra fi-l-bargi w gāʕ lā yijri) — clothes don't make the man
• Chinese Mandarin: 人不可貌相 (rén bùkě màoxiàng) — clothes don't make the man
• Czech: šaty nedělají člověka — clothes don't make the man
• Danish: man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene — clothes don't make the man
• Danish: klæder skaber ikke folk — clothes don't make the man
• Finnish: vaatteet eivät tee miestä — clothes don't make the man
• French: l’habit ne fait pas le moine — clothes don't make the man
• German: Kleider machen keine Leute — clothes don't make the man
• Greek: το ράσο δεν κάνει τον παπά (to ráso den kánei ton papá) — clothes don't make the man
• Greek: τα ράσα δεν κάνουν τον παπά (ta rása den kánoun ton papá) — clothes don't make the man
• Ancient Greek: πώγων οὐ ποιεῖ φιλόσοφον (pṓgōn ou poieî philósophon) — clothes don't make the man
• Hebrew: הַבֶּגֶד עוֹשֶׂה אֶת הָאָדָם (habéged 'osé et haadám) — clothes don't make the man
• Hungarian: nem a ruha teszi az embert — clothes don't make the man
• Italian: l'abito non fa il monaco — clothes don't make the man
• Japanese: 馬子にも衣装 (mago ni mo ishō) — clothes don't make the man
• Latin: cucullus non facit monachum — clothes don't make the man
• Latin: barba non facit philosophum — clothes don't make the man
• Polish: nie szata zdobi człowieka — clothes don't make the man
• Portuguese: o hábito não faz o monge — clothes don't make the man
• Romanian: nu haina îl face pe om — clothes don't make the man
• Russian: по одёжке встреча́ют, по уму́ провожа́ют (po odjóžke vstrečájut, po umú provožájut) — clothes don't make the man
• Russian: на вид приго́ж, а внутри́ на чёрта похо́ж (na vid prigóž, a vnutrí na čórta poxóž) — clothes don't make the man
• Serbo-Croatian: одело не чини човека — clothes don't make the man
• Serbo-Croatian: odelo ne čini čoveka — clothes don't make the man
• Slovene: obleka ne naredi človeka — clothes don't make the man
• Spanish: el hábito no hace al monje — clothes don't make the man
• Walloon: ci n’ est nén l’ cote ki fwait l’ curé — clothes don't make the man