(88 quotes found)
“Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”
Mark Twain
“What soberness conceals, Drunkenness reveals”
Proverb
“A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.”
Joseph Addison
“Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed”
Blaise Pascal
“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.”
Charles Dickens
“Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.”
Arabian Proverb
“He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured”
Ethiopian Proverb
“Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.”
William Osler
“All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.”
Cyril Connolly