Concealed Quotes

243 quotes by 197 authors

(On the temperature of water in wells) The reason why the water in wells becomes colder in summer is that the earth is then rarefied… — Lucretius
Individual price and wage changes will not be prevented. In the main, price changes will simply be concealed by taking the form of changes in… — Milton Friedman
The infinity of God is not mysterious, it is only unfathomable; not concealed, but incomprehensible; it is a clear infinity, the darkness of the pure… — John Ruskin
In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few paces away, he felt disarmed… — Henryk Sienkiewicz
Left to herself, nature is always more or less civilized, and delights in a certain refinement; but where the axe has encroached upon the edge… — Henry David Thoreau
God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear. — Angelus Silesius
What does it really mean to be a leftist in the early part of the 21st century? What are we really talking about? And I… — Cornel West
The symbol of the race ought to be a human being carrying an ax, for every human being has one concealed about him somewhere, and… — Mark Twain
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau
A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed. — Victor Hugo
I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit… — Diablo Cody
No medicine man these days can afford to be without a portable tape recorder. Without the aid of this modern device, which may be easily… — Muriel Spark
Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss. — Publilius Syrus
Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance. — Samuel Johnson
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed. — Sophocles
Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable. — Blaise Pascal
We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. — Gunter Grass
The female covers her breasts, and then proceeds to redefine their shape with a brassiere. This sexual signaling device may be padded or inflatable, so… — Desmond Morris
Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too. — Irving Howe

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