It is not. Christy, Robert, comp. 1887. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

It is not


It is not the cowl that makes the friar. Dutch.	1
It is not the defects of the branches nor of the leaves that cause the tree to perish; it is the decay of the root. Chinese.	2
It is not the fine but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks. Spanish.	3
It is not the surplice that makes parson of clerk. Spanish.	4