to seem
Synonyms
Examples
Be as you wish to seem.
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
It is easier to seem worthy of positions one does not have than of those one does.
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
Tis wisdom sometimes to seem a fool.