Translations
Work, therefore to be able to say to every harsh appearance, "You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be."Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
Seek at once, therefore, to be able to say to every unpleasing semblance, " You are but a semblance and by no means the real thing."Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
Straightway then practise saying to every harsh appearance, You are an appearance, and in no manner what you appear to be.George Long (1890)
Make it your study then to confront every harsh impression with the words, 'You are but an impression, and not at all what you seem to be'.Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)