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Quotes About Concealment

She would wonder what had hurt her when she found her face wet with tears, and then would wonder how she could have been hurt without knowing it.
~ George MacDonald
You would not even know you were in heaven if you were in it; you would not see it around you if you sat on the very footstool of the throne.
~ George MacDonald
The injunction is not to hide what you do from others, but to hide it from yourself. The Master would have you not plume yourself upon it, not cherish the thought that you have done it, or confer with yourself in satisfaction over it. You must not count it to your praise. A man must not desire to be satisfied with himself. His right hand must not seek the praise of his left hand.
~ George MacDonald
Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me: There lie they, and here lie we Under the spreading chestnut tree.
~ George Orwell
For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.  
~ George Orwell
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that can be given a name.
~ George Orwell
An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face.
~ George Orwell
For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that could be given a name.
~ George Orwell
however much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing, as it were, behind your back.
~ George Orwell
For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.
~ George Orwell
Her taÅŸ blokunun içinde bir heykel olmas?na benzer ÅŸekilde, her ÅŸiÅŸman?n da içinde zay?f birinin olduÄŸuna hiç dikkat ettiniz mi?
~ George Orwell
beyond that, only his own secret imaginings, founded on a dream. He
~ George Orwell
İnsan?n istediÄŸi biçimde içinde yaÅŸamay? sürdürebileceÄŸi gizli bir dünya yaratabileceÄŸine inan?yordu.
~ George Orwell
Je?li chce si? zachowa? tajemnic?, nale?y ukry? j? nawet przed sob?.
~ George Orwell
Comprendió que si uno quiere guardar un secreto debe ocultárselo también a sí mismo.
~ George Orwell
s'il est des douleurs qui ne se trahissent jamais et qui enveloppent l'âme comme un linceul, il est aussi des joies qui restent ensevelies dans le coeur de l'homme parce qu'une voix de la terre ne saurait les dire. D'ailleurs
~ George Sand
You can't go about smelling of April and May, the pair of you, and then expect to gull people into thinking you don't mean to get riveted!
~ Georgette Heyer
When he saw that they knew him, the man turned his back and began to work again.
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
Henry and Jessie did not say any more about the Indian boy, but they did not forget him. Once in awhile they both wondered where he came from and why he was there. They also wondered why he did not want to be seen.
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
~ Henri Matisse
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
~ Adam Clarke
Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
No one saw me cry over my dad's death for almost nine years. I hid what I felt, bottling up my emotions so tightly that almost nothing leaked out.
~ Jonny Bairstow
Beyonce's the kind of artist where you're not gonna see it till it's right.
~ Ne-Yo