Cultural disparities, yes there is something to it.
Let's take the English saying "fine feathers make fine birds"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fine_feathers_make_fine_birds
(idiomatic) Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.
In Polish there is no equivalent of this idom at all. Nothing even close to its meaning. It is completely alien to our way of thinking.
Instead we have the proverb "Nie szata zdobi człowieka" -
It is not a robe that makes a man