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Veils Quotes by Elwyn Brooks White
- A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove…
- A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape…
- A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear…
More Veils Quotes
- Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God. — Honore de Balzac
- And one of the things that I learned was you can't generalise at all about a woman in a veil. You can't… — Geraldine Brooks
- Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. — Lord Chesterfield
- Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
- The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to… — Benjamin Peirce
- Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
- He who reads the Bible in translation is like a man who kisses his bride through a veil. — Unknown Author
- "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets… — Swami Vivekananda