Quotes About Concealment

Suppose a branch of our old family tree—a branch that seemed doomed to wither—had in fact not died out but survived, survived by learning arts just as new to the world but utterly different from the tool-making and fire-building of its grosser cousins, us. Suppose that instead they had learned concealment, smallification, disappearance, and some way to blind the eyes of beholders.

It's a limited hang-out.

I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid

I have done one braver thingThan all the Worthies did;And yet a braver thence doth spring,Which is, to keep that hid.

Evil tries to hide, like God.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more if future fortunes were known before!

Secret guilt is by silence revealed.

Duplicity is necessary in daily life, in that it covers many unpleasant things from sight, so they may not disturb the pleasure of others.

All my life I've been hiding.

I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun - In Corners - till a Day The Owner passed - identified - And carried Me away -

Little information is published on prisons, it is one of the hidden regions of our social system, one of the dark zones of our life.

But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

I'm obsessed with clowns and what they represent and the idea that clowns are supposed to make you laugh, but inevitably they're hiding something. That's how I look at my life.

I can't really act the way I want to act, or say what I want to say all the time. And a lot of times, I cover that up with a smile.

I lived a life I knew I had to hide My father's edicts resolutely grim.

It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth.

I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I started acting.

There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.   Eventually

Most truth's are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.

Nobody can find me here, he thought. And then he thought, what if nobody can find me here?

Culture hides more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants.