Disguise Quote by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Download Open image “Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.” — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disguise Given Has beens Men Parole Philosophy of Mind Speech
Speech is too often not the art of concealing thought, but of quite stifling and suspending thought, so that there is none to conceal. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South Copy Share Image
Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man. — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. — Robert South Copy Share Image
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… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought… — Wilfred Bion Copy Share Image
Regardless of communication between man and man, speech is a necessary condition for the thinking of the individual in solitary seclusion. In appearance, however,… — Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Copy Share Image
What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Those who have not lived in the eighteenth century, in the years before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of living and cannot… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
My dad's idea of punishment was to dress me up in all green to disguise me as grass, and then throw me in the… — Bryan Callen Copy Share Image
Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
What if it turns out there really are witches and vampires and werewolves living right here alongside us? After all, what better disguise could… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not expected or… — Philip Sington Copy Share Image
“He was a chameleon. He could change his appearance in seconds. He was a master in disguise and he could baffle the best in… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
