Disguises Quotes

73 quotes by 67 authors

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. — Ambrose Bierce
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself,… — Jean Cocteau
Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises. — Mother Teresa
I was born into no true class and it was my decision early in life to insinuate myself into the middle class like a spy… — John Cheever
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended… — Samuel Johnson
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea,… — James Madison
We are part of a symbiotic relationship with something which disguises itself as an extra-terrestrial invasion so as not to alarm us. — Terence McKenna
Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laziness has many disguises. Soon "winter doldrums" will become "spring fever." — Bernard Williams
Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere. — V. S. Pritchett
Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears… — Beverly Cleary
To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked… — John Berger
Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its banner to the… — Helen Hunt Jackson
No specter assails us in more varied disguises than loneliness, and one of its most impenetrable masks is called love. — Arthur Schnitzler
Where this age differs from those immediately preceding it is that a liberal intelligentsia is lacking. Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion,… — George Orwell
Ruthless man: you begin by slaying the animal and then you devour it, as if to slay it twice. It is not enough. You turn… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing… — Iyanla Vanzant
Words themselves - the very material of our discourse increasingly take on masks or disguises — Dennis Potter
Honesty is the most subversive of all disguises, — T Bone Burnett

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