#conceal

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. ↗

— Jean Paul

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What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#assume #conceals #love #profound #significance

The perfection of art is to conceal art. ↗

— Quintilian

#conceal #perfection

The purpose of sealing the records was not to conceal them or to conceal the facts from the American people. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#american people #conceal #facts #people #purpose

Well that's true, and what is actually happening now is that there are accusations that those records contain conspiratorial information that has been concealed from the American people and that is a dangerous situation that just cannot be tolerated. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#american #american people #been #cannot #concealed

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#cannot #concealed #defect #ought #overcome

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

— Jane Austen

#conceal #especially #knowing #misfortune #she

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

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#disclose #enemy #friend #keep #something

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

— Greta Garbo

#anyone #conceals #continuous #face #frightening

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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