the cowl does not make the monk

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• Chinese Mandarin: 人不可貌相 (rén bùkě màoxiàng) — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• German: Kleider machen keine Leute — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Greek: το ράσο δεν κάνει τον παπά (to ráso den kánei ton papá) — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Greek: τα ράσα δεν κάνουν τον παπά (ta rása den kánoun ton papá) — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Hungarian: nem a csuha teszi a barátot/papot/szerzetest — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Italian: l'abito non fa il monaco — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Japanese: 馬子にも衣装 — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Latin: cucullus non facit monachum — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Latin: barba non facit philosophum — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Polish: nie szata zdobi człowieka — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Portuguese: o hábito não faz o monge — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence
• Spanish: el hábito no hace al monje — the superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence