If we didn't judge books based on covers, we would be reading the first book we come across. Even if we read the description on the back and were either interested or not, we'd be judging the description without reading the book itself to know if it's good. The only thing you shouldn't judge by the exterior is people.
shareBut what about people who don't read books ? The only way they have to judge a book is by looking at its cover. And as for people it's not like you can slice them open and have a good look inside is it ? So the same principle applies. I don't know who comes up with these dumb sayings.
Exactly. Curiosity killed the cat. Wait, that doesn't make sense either.
shareAnd 'Dead cat bounce'. What's that all about ?
You must not have cats. Makes perfect sense to me - LOL.
shareNo. I hate the little bastards.
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Now I know why your friend got mad at you! It wasn't over calling their cat a "pet!" It's your hatred for cats! π‘
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The cat was nosey enough to stick it's head in the trap.
shareCuriosity is a sign of intelligence π
shareTrue. Intelligence keeps you from sticking your head in the trap lol
shareBut if your curiosity has you wondering "WTH is this thing?" (a reasonable question), how would you have any way of knowing unless you're a human, who made the trap and recognise it as a trap?
Making traps is foreign to cats and other animals, so there you go.
I don't find this saying or its underlying mean to be logically sound or factually accurate. I think you can and should judge people by their exterior - not necessarily their beauty level, but people give off an impression that, depending on your EQ, can actually be right a lot of the time.
shareIf someone dresses like a gang member, I'm leaving the vicinity.
shareI'll be honest, I don't know how you go about dressing like a gang member, but I do think you'd be well within your rights to leave any vicinity if you saw someone dressed like a gang member walking toward you on a dark and otherwise empty street. Or anyone else you perceived as threatening.
shareI know exactly what you mean. If I start seeing white guys in business suits, I know I took a wrong turn somewhere.
shareFunny, I just had this conversation with a family member the other day.
Judgment has more than one context.
There's the kind that you see in courts of law. These are decisions determined by evidence and facts. A saying that fits this idea is, "I trust your judgement."
Then, there's the kind where any of this is totally absent. This is condemnation.
So yes, I believe that "Don't judge a book by its cover" is accurate so long as one doesn't allow first impressions to be the sole reason to make a decision.
At the end of the day, everyone's judgment should be sound and just.
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I still feel like it doesn't apply. I won't look at a book cover of the first book I see, check the back to see if it's something I'm interested in and do the same with the very next book I see. I feel that there is something that needs to catch your eye and that's when you further delve in.
That's a good point. Sometimes, we're not going to have all the information in front of us. In that case, we hope for the best. I'm still pondering all of this myself too. π
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According to Wikipedia:
"In George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860), Mr Tulliver uses the phrase in discussing Daniel Defoe's The History of the Devil, saying how it was beautifully bound."
In 1860 or earlier there weren't any paper covers with descriptions, snippets of reviews, and all the stuff modern books have. They were bound, and the bindings were either beautifully and expensively done, or plain and cheaply done. At the time the saying made sense. Now, not quite so much.
I went into a bookstore with a friend, years ago, who was a writer, and quite bright. I have a background in book publishing, and this is one of several areas where we connected. I picked up a book and made some comment about it, based on its cover. She immediately shot a look at me with a smile, and I knew she was thinking about this so I replied "Yeah, but usually you can."
It's usually true in the case of books. Publishers go to great lengths to hire artists and designers who match the graphics and visuals to the book and its market. Occasionally though a great book gets a crappy cover, and vice versa.
Book covers are like a form of advertising. They design it to catch your eye. Sure you can be wrong in the assumption of what's interesting or not, but we have to draw the line somewhere. We can't always read the first book we see.
shareThey are now, but they weren't when this saying was first coined. That's what I'm saying.
shareIt basically means "looks can be deceiving". Physical books can judged by their covers.
shareI know. But I think even certain people can be judged by how they look. If someone has a swastika tattoo, they're open for judgement.
sharewikipedia:
"is a metaphorical phrase that means one shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone."
This meaning makes more sense.
The thing is that people try to make a slogan. Instead of saying never judge something before you get to know it, they'd rather go for the catchier slogan which is less logical.
shareWriters come up with them and they prefer phrases to sound nice. Poetic.
"never judge something before you get to know it"
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"All that glitters is not gold"