"l’habit fait le moine" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Français]

IPA: \l‿a.bi fɛ lə mwan\ Forms: l’habit fait l’homme
  1. Une personne est jugée d'abord par son aspect extérieur.
    Sense id: fr-l’habit_fait_le_moine-fr-phrase-JNceXSyW Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Composé de habit et de moine."
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          "ref": "Jean Giono, Un de Baumugnes, Grasset, 1929",
          "text": "L’habit fait toujours le moine, quoi qu’on dise. Sans ma belle pelure, ils décampaient tous dans la colline."
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        "Une personne est jugée d'abord par son aspect extérieur."
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        "Une personne est jugée d'abord par son aspect extérieur."
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