#conceal

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things. ↗

— Damian Lewis

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People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles. ↗

— Origen

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As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. ↗

— Jean Paul

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What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. ↗

— Sallust

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Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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