beauty is only skin deep

Etymology
First use appears c. 1809, although beauty is but skin-deep appears much earlier.

Proverb

 * 1) A person's character matters more than their appearance.

Translations

 * Arabic: الجمال جمال الروح
 * Bulgarian: външността лъже
 * Danish: skønhed kommer indefra
 * Irish: más peaca bheith buí tá na mílte damanta, ní hí an bhreáthacht a bhruitheann na prátaí
 * Japanese: 美人というも皮一重
 * Malay:
 * Jawi: لقسان بواه ددڤ, سوڠݢوه مره برباءو تيدق, بواه ماسق مره بلوم تنتو مانيس راسڽ
 * Rumi: laksana buah dedap, sungguh merah berbau tidak, buah masak merah belum tentu manis rasanya
 * Polish: pozory mylą
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: вне́шность обма́нчива