Concealed

Famous quotes containing the word concealed:

“Art can never match the luxury and superfluity of Nature. In the former all is seen; it cannot afford concealed wealth, and is niggardly in comparison; but Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“A gift in secret averts anger; and a concealed bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 21:14.