Bishops Quote by Victor Hugo

Looked in the face of death, and took his mask off

— Lil Wayne

Looked in the face of death and took its mask off.

— Lil Wayne

“The day they brought him forth to die they feared he might incite the crowd (the man was famous for his eloquence). And so…

— Heather McHugh

With his sunglasses gone and his scarf hanging down, there was no denying that he had no flesh, he had no skin, he had…

— Derek Landy

“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn…

— Lucretius

“A guilty man," said the priest, with a smile, "shudders at the rustling of the wind or the chattering of a stork's beak: a…

— Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

“But the hands of one of the gentleman were laid on K.’s throat, while the other pushed the knife deep into his heart and…

— Anonymous

How often the priest had heard the same confession--Man was so limited: he hadn't even the ingenuity to invent a new vice: the animals…

— Graham Greene

The Bishop has a skin, God knows, Wrinkled like the foot of a goose, (All find safety in the tomb.) Nor can he hide…

— William Butler Yeats

“As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.”

— Victor Hugo

“Masks come off when the gospel is put on.”

— J R Briggs

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself,…

— John Keegan