Concealed Quotes

243 quotes by 197 authors

Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of… — Dan Rather
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. — Friedrich Schiller
Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass… — George Washington
...how much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners... — Nikolai Gogol
Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately. — Hanif Kureishi
As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love. — Anne Sexton
I am unarmed. But Butler here, my ...ah...butler, has a Sig Saucer in his shoulder holster, two shrike-throwing knives in his boots, aderringer two-shot up… — Eoin Colfer
Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. â€¦ The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is… — Eckhart Tolle
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage… — Bertolt Brecht
Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. — Oscar Wilde
Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen… — James M. Barrie
If each side had been frankly contending for its own real wish, they would all have kept within the bounds of reason and courtesy; but… — C.S. Lewis
One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they… — John O'Donohue
Perhaps the little Negro girl was holding a concealed razor blade. Maybe she was one of the troublemakers out for a fresh white scalp. — David Sedaris
Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat… — Baruch Spinoza
Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage turn… — Bernhard Schlink
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character who… — Shusaku Endo

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