Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
The truth of history often likes to conceal itself in small coincidences.
Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
I'm more conservative with make-up. My everyday look is a bit of concealer with lots and lots of mascara.
It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
i thought about the miseries people conceal and how they manage to survive.
You know how I conceal my pain talk so much and laugh a lot
I have never concealed my dual citizenship. People involved in state business should probably declare their dual citizenship if they have it.
