Cloak Quotes

169 Cloak quotes by 140 unique authors

Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain. — Hugh Prather
Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part… — Marge Piercy
I've always liked my clothes, even before I could properly afford them. Clothes for me were never a cloak, a cover. They were how I… — Paul Weller
Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of… — Martin Luther
I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher. -Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video — Aulus Gellius
Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak. — Miguel de Cervantes
The garb of religion is the best cloak for power. — William Hazlitt
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
The world grows bigger as the light leaves it. There are no boundaries and no landmarks. The trees and the rocks and the anthills begin… — Beryl Markham
Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that… — Pranab Mukherjee
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition, but the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency. — Bob Dylan
Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and… — Marion D. Hanks
Sony has engaged in a technological version of cloak and dagger deceit against consumers by hiding secret files on their computers — Greg Abbott
The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden… — Saint Basil
This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy,… — Sarah Orne Jewett
May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness. — Pope Alexander VI
A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen. — William Soutar
The questioning spirit is the rebellious spirit. A rebellion is always either a cloak to hide a prince, or the swaddling wrapper of a new… — Honore de Balzac
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak. — Thomas Fuller
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple… — Galileo Galilei
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. — Mahatma Gandhi
As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a… — Dorothy Day
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. — Albert Einstein
When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the… — Feist

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