Veils Quotes

342 Veils quotes by 272 unique authors

Coyness is a rather comically pathetic fault, a miscalculation in which, by trying to veil the ego, we let it appear stark naked. — Louis Kronenberger
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… — Elwyn Brooks White
Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly. — Friedrich Schiller
The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women… — Pio of Pietrelcina
O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Your national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons… — Frederick Douglass
If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a… — Seneca the Younger
I can conceive few human states more enviable than that of the man to whom, panting in the foul laboratory, or watching for his life… — Charles Kingsley
The reality is we live in a world of scarce resources in this veil of tears, as Tony Abbott often describes the world, we have… — Chris Bowen
The duende....Where is the duende? Through the empty archway a wind of the spirit enters, blowing insistently over the heads of the dead, in search… — Federico Garcia Lorca
For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Of darkness visible so much be lent, as half to show, half veil, the deep intent. — Alexander Pope
The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self. — Joseph Campbell
No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils, Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style: A village like an instinct… — Lawrence Durrell
I never succeed in painting scenes, however beautiful, immediately upon returning from them. I must wait for a time to draw a veil over the… — Thomas Cole
Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever. — Sathya Sai Baba
Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with… — Nathanael Emmons
A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea; most people, after they are about eleven or twelve, quite lose… — Olive Schreiner
You don't think in depression that you've put on a gray veil and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You… — Andrew Solomon
In this age of electronic money, investors are no longer seduced by a financial 'dance of a thousand veils.' Only hard and accurate information on… — Lawrence Summers

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