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

— Marcel Proust

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What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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

— Greta Garbo

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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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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same. ↗

— Voltaire

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ↗

— Horace

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