#conceal

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Before I could flinch, he planted his warm lips against mine, wrapping his arms around my waist. I didn't know what to do with my hands. I thought about putting them in his hair, stopping inches away from his head. I thought about putting them around his neck, but I stopped myself midflight. So there I was, being kissed by a boy I was falling hopelessly in love with and making a complete fool of myself, because I looked like I was flagging someone down with my hands." Concealed ↗

— Sang Kromah

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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way. ↗

— Fisher Ames

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On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

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Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. ↗

— Karen Duffy

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If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening. ↗

— Greta Garbo

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He's very concealed, Polanski. We became very close friends, but I don't think I ever saw him drop his guard. I didn't see him upset or anything like that, we just did the work. ↗

— Ronald Harwood

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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. ↗

— A. E. Housman

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The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ↗

— Max Jacob

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