Masquerade Quotes

54 quotes by 52 authors

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral. — Walter Lippmann
Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a white… — James Hillman
The "progressives" who today masquerade as "liberals" may rant against "fascism"; yet it is their policy that paves the way for Hitlerism. Nothing could have… — Ludwig von Mises
Pity is like lust ... both like to masquerade as love and it's powerfully hard to know the difference when you're in the throes of… — Michelle Black
To the people that claim to hate Love: Remember that the thing that hurt you was a person, not love. If it had been love,… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it… — David Whyte
Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade. — John Dryden
You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not… — Wyclef Jean
That is the essence and mission of 'rebel buddha': to free us from the illusions we create by ourselves, about ourselves, and from those that… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
A gypsy fire is on the hearth, Sign of the carnival of mirth; Through the dun fields and from the glade Flash merry folk in… — Jerry Smith
Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen. — Henry Cloud
It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to… — Frank Rich
Do you think there's such a thing as a ghost who masquerades as a person? Do you believe that there are people whose bodies are… — Ann-Marie MacDonald
Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades. — Isak Dinesen
The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony. — Mark Sheppard
Days I kept busy with fractured angels' client masquerades. — Olga Broumas
A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small,… — Aung San Suu Kyi
In a sense, New Age gurus are akin to postmodernists within academia. They dispense meaningless drivel that masquerades as profound truths whilst in reality it… — Gad Saad
What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is all a masquerade.… — Joy Williams

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