Quotes About Concealment

If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened.

But the world might guess it; and I will not bare my soul to their shallow, prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope. There is too much of myself in the thing, Harry--too much of myself!

Bene vixit, bene qui latuit. (To live well is to live concealed.)

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

Faults are hidden at night: every blemish is forgiven.

Ars est celaree artem.

One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.

Quem vive não pode se esconder. devagar, tudo acontece conosco. O tempo mesquinho se contrai.

What dark secrets do you keep hidden from the world? Where would you go if no one could find you? What would you do if no one could see you?

She gave the impression of smiling with difficulty, possibly for fear of getting wrinkles.

Experience, dearly bought in the days of his residence at the University, had taught him that when the Law gripped you with its talons the only thing to do was to give a false name, say nothing and hope for the best.

Cold is the ogre that drives all beautiful things into hiding

And when a woman says "Oh!" like that, it means all the bad words she'd love to say if she only knew them.

you think youseeme but you dont

I love you as one loves certain dark things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." From 100 Love Sonnets

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." — Pablo Neruda From 100 Love Sonnets like this quote

Por que en las epocas oscuras se escribe con tinta invisible? Why in the darkest ages do they write with invisible ink?

III Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?

True or false? Ars est celare artem (Art lies in concealing the art).

We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pay a high price for our inability to face the truth.

She had so mastered the strategies of camouflage that her own history had seemed a series of well-placed mirrors that kept her hidden from herself.