In the last article TPP pondered over the random thought of “If you were a book, what would your title be?“. Today we ponder a saying that is essentially the opposite of that random thought:
Never judge a book by it’s cover
also known as:
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover
This comes from the aspect that you may see something and automatically make a judgement call based only on what you see. But what you see on the outside MAY be totally different to what is on the inside, i.e. the books cover does not represent what the book is actually about.
For example, imagine you had never seen a watermelon before and someone passes whole, uncut watermelon to you. What sort of judgement call would you make about this fruit… highly unlikely that you would guess the inside was made up of delicious, red, juicy flesh with blackish seeds. (Yes, a watermelon is technically a fruit)
Apparently this expression can be traced back to a book written in 1860 by George Eliot that was titled “The Mill on the Floss”. For those of you that are interested you can find out more at the Grammarist.
Your homework today is to ponder on the saying “Never (don’t) judge a book by it’s cover”. Are there any instances where you may have done this… why… and what, if anything, did you learn once you realised that your judgement based on the outside was not correct.
Ponder away!
