Artifice Quote by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I knew the mass of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd They would by other men be met With blank indifference.

— Matthew Arnold

Hardly anything else reveals so well the fear and uncertainty among men as the length to which they will go to hide their true…

— Anonymous

Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the…

— Bernard de Mandeville

We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it…

— William Hazlitt

For many men that stumble at the threshold are well foretold that danger lurks within.

— William Shakespeare

Man is never out of range of surprises!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer…

— African Spir

The traditional gender ideals of the strong-silent man who plays his cards close to his chest and the mysterious woman who disguises her feelings…

— Sam Keen

Each of us when he appears before his fellows is clothed in a certain dignity. But every man knows what unconfessable things pass within…

— Luigi Pirandello

To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which…

— Seneca the Younger

I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.

— Carine Roitfeld