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

— Friedrich Schiller

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One crime has to be concealed by another. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Congealed fat is pretty much the same, irrespective of the delicacy around which it is concealed. ↗

— Clement Freud

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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. ↗

— Jane Austen

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On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

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Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. ↗

— Karen Duffy

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If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ↗

— Max Jacob

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The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. ↗

— Lucan

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