Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.
Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
There is quite a large clan of Scotties among American beggars. He is a good beggar for the simple reason that he is a good talker. Almost every Scotch beggar I met in the States of America was inclined to be talkative, and yet they all managed to conceal their private affairs.
I think an ethical lawyer would absolutely refuse, if he or she had knowledge that this is the purpose for which her work would be used, that is, to conceal a fraudulent scheme from federal regulators.
The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind.
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in favor of echoes placed later in the poems.
I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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.
Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
There's a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.
