It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. Votes: 3
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds. Votes: 3
While clothes do not, as the saying would sometimes have it, make the man, and fine feathers do not make fine birds, sometimes they can add a certain spice to a recipe. Votes: 3
Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible. Votes: 3
When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not 'truthful' enough, and I must begin again. I have to. Votes: 1
Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds. Votes: 0
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. Votes: 5 Emily Dickinson
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Votes: 4 Bill Gates