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Quotations
 | Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 21 likes |
 | Someone asked him if it would be possible to hide evil from the gods. He said, “Not even in your thoughts.” — Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 12 likes |
 | Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 7 likes |
 | Don't wait to be hunted to hide, that's always been my motto. — Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969 6 likes |
 | The fox loves to hide. But when his prey hides, he calls it cowardice. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist 6 likes |
 | Language disguises thought. — Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher 4 likes |
 | It sometimes happens that the woman hides all the passion she feels for a man and the man pretends all the passion he does not have. — Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer 3 likes |
 | “What makes the desert beautiful”, said the little prince, “is that it hides, somewhere, a well”. — Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer 2 likes |
 | Trees cover up a multitude of sins. |
 | He that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide. |
 | There are only two ways of telling the complete truth –anonymously and posthumously. |
 | My God, how much blue you spend so we cannot see you! |
 | Don’t make everyone know about your sadness. |
 | My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) |
 | Art as a whole is a riddle. Another way of putting this is to say that art expresses something while at the same time hiding it. |
 | The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | There is no government that is not guilty. By what it covers. |
 | Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair. |
| The pain you hide leaves the deepest scars. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | Conversation is a human invention intended to prevent man from thinking. It's also a surefire way to find out what he's trying to hide. |
Latin Quotes
 | Vice thrives and lives by concealment. Alitur vitium, vivitque tegendo. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 18 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear, And he shows them pearly white Just a jack-knife has Macheath dear And he keeps it out of sight. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 6 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Success is apt to cover a multitude of faults. Αι γαρ ευπραξίαι δειναί συγκρύψαι τα ονείδη. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator 6 likes |
 | Nothing can be hidden under the son. Ουδέν κρυπτόν υπό τον ήλιον. 5 likes |
Proverbs
 | Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | We're hiding like elephants when they're happy. — from the film Breathless (1960) 5 likes |
