Conceal Quotes

308 quotes by 252 authors

Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in… — Margaret Atwood
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. — Jane Austen
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. — James Agate
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. — Martial
The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his… — Osbert Sitwell
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors. — Honore de Balzac
Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they… — Samuel Johnson
If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for they may be all you… — Robert Louis Stevenson
You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody. — Jean Giraudoux
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. — A. E. Housman
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and the just maintenance… — Thomas Jefferson
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. — Oliver Goldsmith
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day. — Mark Twain
Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We receive mixed messages about taking good care of ourselves. Love thy neighbor as thyself means to love thyself and thy neighbor. Yet, self-love often… — Jennifer James
It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he… — Ernest Holmes

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