Dissimulation Quotes

18 quotes by 16 authors

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed. — Sun Tzu
Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Now as before, women must refuse to be meek and guileful, for truth cannot be served by dissimulation. Women who fancy that they manipulate the… — Germaine Greer
Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave. — C L R James
Employees hate meetings because they reveal that self-promotion, sycophancy, dissimulation and constantly talking nonsense in a loud confident voice are more impressive than merely being… — Michael Foley
Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. — Lord Chesterfield
Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense. — Samuel Johnson
The less manifest the work, the stronger: as though a secret law demanded it always be hidden in what it shows, thus showing what must… — Maurice Blanchot
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. — Benjamin Disraeli
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a… — Leonardo da Vinci
There are persons whom in my heart I despise, others I abhor. Yet I am not obliged to inform the one of my contempt, nor… — John Adams
Dissimulation, secretiveness, appear a necessity to the melancholic. He has complex, often veiled relations with others. These feelings of superiority, of inadequacy, of baffled feeling,… — Susan Sontag
If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word "Let love be… — Amy Carmichael

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