Concealing Quotes - Page 5

• However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight.

  Lin Yutang

  Dream, Reality, Way

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• There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

  Mark Twain

  Humorous, Vanity, Grades

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.494, Courier Corporation

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• Unfortunately what is little recognized is that the most worthwhile scientific books are those in which the author clearly indicates what he does not know; for an author most hurts his readers by concealing difficulties.

  Evariste Galois

  Hurt, Book, Knowledge

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• It has been discovered that C++ provides a remarkable facility for concealing the trival details of a program - such as where its bugs are.

  Robert D Keppel

  Details, Bugs, Language

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• Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us that We protect the faithful from evil and error; especially so when evil and error are presented in dynamic language which, concealing vague notions and ambiguous expressions with emotional and high-sounding words, is likely to set ablaze the hearts of men in pursuit of ideals which, whilst attractive, are nonetheless nefarious.

  Pope Pius X

  Powerful, Integrity, Heart

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• A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

  Aristotle

  Time, Art, Air

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• I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

  Robert Burns

  Feelings, Hazards, Sin

  'Epistle to a Young Friend' (1786) st. 6

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• He oft finds med'cine, who his griefe imparts; But double griefs afflict concealing harts, As raging flames who striveth to supresse.

  Edmund Spenser

  Grief, Epic, Flames

  Edmund Spenser, Carol V. Kaske (2006). “The Faerie Queene, Book One”, p.34, Hackett Publishing

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