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Quotes About Disguise

To imitate another man's style is like wearing a mask, which, be it never so fine, is not long in arousing disgust and abhorrence, because it is lifeless; so that even the ugliest living face is better.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Like cubic zirconia, I only look real. I'm an imposter.
~ Augusten Burroughs
If you believe that you have the right to force me—use your guns openly. I will not help you to disguise the nature of your action.
~ Ayn Rand
She thinks my name is Freddie, you know, but of course it ain't. I always tell these people some name like that, because if they got onto your right name they might use it sometime. Understand?
~ Stephen Crane
When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside.
~ Stephen King
Doesn't look like a monster, does he?" "They rarely do.
~ Stephen King
All you imagined, no matter how wild it might seem, was no more than a disguised version of what you already knew.
~ Stephen King
Make-up covers a multitude of sins.
~ Stephen King
Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.
~ Stephen King
Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, for they will feed you delicious morsels that they may later feast upon your tender flesh.
~ Michele Faison
The horrible monsters in this world are the ones that wear human face
~ 69rascal
Isn't it ironic that a nightmare can masquerade as a dream?
~ Ken Poirot
Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.
~ Nikola Tesla
No, it was the livid red lines scoring Will's wrists, the long, jagged scars that couldn't be disguised, no matter how swiftly Nathan pulled down Will's sleeves.
~ Jojo Moyes
I tried rubbing at an invisible mark on my shoe in an attempt to hide my face.
~ Jojo Moyes
You know what language she speaks? Hypocrisy. But it is hard to pretend you have no pain, you know? Like you do not care?
~ Jojo Moyes
He knew that these creatures were dead, that they were reanimated echoes who wore the disguise of the people they had once been, but Tom's words rang in his mind. They used to be people . How could he strike them? How could he hurt them? Children, women, old people. Lost souls.
~ Jonathan Maberry
There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.
~ Jonathan Mayhew
Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it.
~ Jonathan Stroud
It's the same with spirit guises; show me a sweet little choirboy or a smiling mother and I'll show you the hideous fanged strigoi it really is. (Not always. Just sometimes. *Your* mother is absolutely fine, for instance. Probably.)
~ Jonathan Stroud
She's her?' - Lucy 'Exactly. Penelope Fittes is Marissa Fittes. They're one and the same person.' - The Skull
~ Jonathan Stroud
I memorized her automatically. I would appear in her guise tomorrow when I went back to visit that kid. Only naked.
~ Jonathan Stroud
A clown needn't be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he's in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they're just being ordinary men, they've got quite sad faces.
~ Enid Blyton
El "señor Vicente" era un individuo que se parecía a un hombre todo lo que un buque pirata puede parecerse a un bisoñé.
~ Enrique Jardiel Poncela