Masked Quotes

45 quotes by 41 authors

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to say they are… — Thomas Jefferson
We have him [God] before our eyes, masked in the sacred Host — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Already a couple of the faithful have sent in checks for a foundation memorial to the innocents who perished at the hands of the ninja… — Jeff Cooper
Sweating bullets to line up the Bible with our exhausting expectations, to make the Bible something itâ€™s not meant to be, isnâ€™t a pious act… — Peter Enns
The rejection of all abstract formalism. Materialism reminds every science of its real source: the world men transform. No science can, whether in its history… — Louis Althusser
As a private person, I have a passion for landscape, and I have never seen one improved by a billboard. Where every prospect pleases, man… — David Ogilvy
A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out. — William Wycherley
I regret trusting The Guardian. I didn't want to do an interview, but the journalist was persistent. [The writer] was masked as a fan, but… — Lana Del Rey
Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is… — Shunryu Suzuki
Boasting is only a masked shame; it does not truly believe in itself. — Rabindranath Tagore
I'm not against entertainment: if someone wants to read nonsense-mongers, let them, but I resent the appearance of parity between two articles on an issue… — Jay Griffiths
Hypocrisy is no cheap vice; nor can our natural temper be masked for many years together. — Edmund Burke
Whoever has seen the masked at a ball dance amicably together, and take hold of hands without knowing each other, leaving the next moment to… — Luc de Clapiers
Godhead here in hiding, whom I adore Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a… — Thomas Aquinas
When I became my masked identity I was this incredible little nerd, but in the real world I had to be this tough kid from… — Junot Diaz
There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to… — James Beard
There he stood, in the camouflage of sun and shade, disfigured by them and masked by his own nakedness. — Vladimir Nabokov
The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and… — C.S. Lewis
Evey Hammond: Who are you? V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in… — Alan Moore

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