can you judge a book by the cover?

no.....blame it on special effects..(makeup)....

hi jb^^;; in some cases yes, if someone looks neat and clean when they go outside, then their homes are neatly arranged and is clean. others, would pretend. they pretend to be something glamorous at the first sight but their handbags are cluttered with stuffs and so their houses...or for man, they are so charming that one wants to get near them but they smells bad even before u get closer lol same goes with personality, face and actions. a girl in my highschool class before was so timid and shy and seems so fragile but got pregnant even before we graduated. those who are very friendly at first and seems they care but soon will be spreading rumours and be talking that someone's back. so i think it all depends

I am a people watcher and I think I get a pretty good handle on how people really are by the way they treat others and communicate. If you just take the time to listen to the way they talk and how they treat others it tells you alot. And, how they treat animals says alot about a person.

Yes, there are people that I have found initially attractive, but once I got to know them I couldn't for the life of me figure out what I had found attractive about them in the first place. On the other hand, I have thought that people were not very attractive and then once I got to know them I thought they were HOT. I know several people with a very dry sense of humor, so people often think they are being serious or mean or whatever, especially since they can tease and joke with a completely straight face. I have learned to look at their eyes, though, and I almost always can tell whether or not they are joking from their eyes.

Hi Judith, this may sound odd, but the more handsome/beautiful a person is, the less likely I feel they will be nice, its like, if you are going to look so good on the outside, a person would not be bestowed with kindness and goodness on the inside, as well! I'm not saying that is always the case. That would be too much good fortune for one person. I guess the opposite may be true, if a person is homely, then my impression may be that person has an amazing personality to offset the physical. But I do try to give everyone a fair chance before making up my mind. I tend to be wrong more often than not about first impressions. A quick question, what is poundstretcher lotion and where can I get some if it keeps you looking like you did 10 years ago?

We don't need to provide an assessment of a person, just look at the side physical appearance. Some time ago, I met a very pretty girl, friendly and looks smart. However, after I knew her more closely, I felt disappointed. Behavior that she showed when she was in office, was different, as in everyday life. Turns out she was a wild girl, and tend to be less able to understand the feelings of others.

I think I would be a classic example, temperament wise speaking…most people when they first meet me, think of me as very serious type of person which I am not. People say my face has a personality to it which makes them hesitant to approach me but inside me, I know I am the most open garrulous type anybody could ever be. Yes, one thing is there that I don’t like to open up to everybody around me i.e. I am selective in choosing friends. Other than that, yes I too have come across people who seem to be something else on the outside and on knowing them better, they have turned out to be the complete opposite. My neighbours are a classic example…rich and exuberant and friendly on the outside but just the other day there was some minor problem and OMG they way they reacted left me completely stumped!

That's true. I think one can never be too sure to judge a book by its cover. A lot of times looks can deceive and sometimes, there can be beautiful people on the outside which match the inside. Summarily, you can never know.

I can't think of anybody personally. But you look at some serial killers and they look creepy. Others look perfectly normal and you just wonder how somebody so evil can look like anybody else.

As a man can not be known by his looks, So can the sea not be measured by a bushel.. A proverb all over the world.

Consiously, we want to believe "don't judge a book by its cover" but my experience had it very often I still do judge a person by its appearance now and then. Plenty of people dress up smartly but wait till when you hear them speak. Often these type of people act well behavingly when there are people around - cause they know people around them are watching. But when there is no one around, you get to see their true color. I've seen smartly dress up people rushing into lift as soon as it open up. These people doesn't even have the courtesy to let people inside the lift to get out first.

Hi friend, Although we all know that the face or appearance is not equal to people's character or inside, we easily judge somebody influenced by their appearance. And with the accumulation on experience, we less influence by people's face or outside and care more about inside. And at the other side, we also learn to hide our personality from outside more and more.

hm..I think we cannot judge people only from what his name or how handsome he is, where he is come from, we just only care about what think that done for him. I think just that. any comment..?

no i can't. i always think that's there was the inner site of human. the really unseeing part. there a lot of people was make over their self to be looking good but they was forget if there was something more than just "chasing". they was forget about personality, attitude, brain and many more who more than just body and face. but now, people was packing their self with a really "good looking pack", they have face, body and attitude, and we still done brown. so who i think am I? i am just ordinary human, and I cant judge the book with the cover. Lets God help me.

Hi Jb...nope, you can't really judge inner character by outer appearance...not with books, and certainly not with people. At best, you can perhaps tell the mood of the person at a given time or learn a thing or two about their hygiene habits, but beyond that, looks are indeed deceiving. Now, as for poundstretcher lotion, I also use that stuff. I'm afraid to use too much, though, as I do not want to get carded as when I truly was younger! Karen

I work in a nursing home. When you get sick, and old...you very often don't try to cover up what it is you're really like inside. What's the point? And I can definately tell when someone is mean, or hateful, or sad, or loving...by looking at them in this very unguarded atmosphere. I think I am agreeing with you.

My personality doesn't match my face. I am, frankly, quite lovely - funny, kind, a joy to be with...and SO humble with it.... and yet I am a downright fat and ugly moose who should have been drowned at birth rather than let out of the house to afflict the world with my grim visage. Sigh. Sometimes it works the other way!

It is really difficult to judge a person by their faces, particularly when they are handsome/beautiful. Most of the time I got deceived by looks. After some days of meeting I lost all interest in them and saw them to be very much dull.. But I have to accept that there are too many exceptions indeed. I think, after the childhood is passed the face does not reflect your mind. So it becomes pretty difficult for a person to read mind by seeing face.

A big NO is my answer. I cannot judge a book by its cover. Looks can deceive. You cannot just rely on what your eyes can see. Sometimes, you need to look beyond to see the real beauty. Sometimes, you must try to look deeper to know the true beauty that lies within.

We should never judge a book by the cover instead give that person a chance to show his / her different aspects. It is true that we sometimes see people who are beautiful outside but not so in the inside but then we may only be seeing his / her reaction to an act done to him / her that we are not aware of. At times, it can also be the way they were brought up or the way they have been taught about things in life. For me, I think we should always give people second, third and at times fourth chances as long as it is not the same situation - all the time.