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Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal. ↗

— Russell Lynes

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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

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As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. ↗

— William Osler

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Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks. ↗