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An aphorism meaning that you cannot judge a person solely by his appearance. Usually pertains to men.

clothes don't make the man

Chinese:
Mandarin: 人不可貌相 (zh)
Finnish: vaatteet eivät tee miestä
French: l’habit ne fait pas le moine (fr)
German: Kleider machen keine Leute
Greek: το ράσο δεν κάνει τον παπά ‎(to ráso den kánei ton papá), τα ράσα δεν κάνουν τον παπά ‎(ta rása den kánoun ton papá)
Hebrew: הַבֶּגֶד עוֹשֶׂה אֶת הָאָדָם ‎(habéged 'osé et haadám) (opposite meaning)
Hungarian: nem a ruha teszi az embert (hu)
Italian: l'abito non fa il monaco
Japanese: 馬子にも衣装 (ja) ‎(まごにもいしょう, mago ni mo ishō)

Latin: cucullus non facit monachum
Polish: nie szata zdobi człowieka (pl)
Portuguese: o hábito não faz o monge (pt)
Romanian: nu haina îl face pe om
Russian: по одёжке встреча́ют, по уму́ провожа́ют ‎(po odjóžke vstrečájut, po umú provožájut) (one is met by his clothes and is seen off by his mind), на вид приго́ж, а внутри́ на чёрта похо́ж ‎(na vid prigóž, a vnutrí na čórta poxóž) (handsome in appearance but looks like a devil inside)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: одело не чини човека

Roman: odelo ne čini čoveka
Slovene: obleka ne naredi človeka
Spanish: el hábito no hace al monje