Встречают по одёжке - провожают по уму.
Could you, please, tell me how to interpret this sentence in English or Spanish? I would also appreciate if you could provide examples of circumstances in which you would use it. Thanks.

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Don't judge a book by its cover

Meet by clothes, see off by mind
Clothes don't make the man

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In Spanish:
Bien vestido, bien recibido, pero la mejor pieza es una buena cabeza

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The first thing one notices when meeting someone is his outer appearance, but once one gets to know him it is his intelligence, personality and such that matters.