Disguise Quotes

• Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

  Charles Lamb

  Sports, War, Games

  Charles Lamb (1845). “The Essays of Elia: First Series. [Second Series.]”, p.45

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• Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

  Margaret Atwood

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Age

  Margaret Atwood (1988). “Cat's eye”, Doubleday, 1989

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  What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Success, Hope

  Oscar Wilde (1984). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.41, Dramatic Publishing

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• A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Weed, Nature

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.307, Delphi Classics

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• I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

  Tracy Chapman

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

  Robert South

  Art, Laughter, World

  ROBERT SOUTH (1866). “SERMONS SEVERAL OCCASIONS”, p.495

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• You can disguise any set with lights and shadows.

  Allan Dwan

  Light, Shadow, Light And Shadow

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• We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

  Blaise Pascal

  Lying, Duplicity, Dishonesty

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.127, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

  Arthur Erickson

  Criminal Mind, Emptiness, Illusion

  "Criminal Minds: Persuasion". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2014.

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• There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

  Evelyn Beatrice Hall

  Nature, Retirement, Kindness

  "The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.

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• Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

  Diane Lane

  Motivation, Blessing, Challenges

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• Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Education, Wise, Wisdom

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 86

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• A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

  James Russell Lowell

  Weed, Flower, Eye

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.307, Delphi Classics

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• As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

  Gore Vidal

  Communication, Cities, People

  Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.52, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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• There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism

  Jonathan Mayhew

  Patriotism, Popularity, Aim

  Jonathan Mayhew (1750). “A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers: With Some Reflections on the Resistance Made to King Charles I, and on the Anniversary of His Death: in which the Mysterious Doctrine of the Princes' Saintship and Martyrdom is Unriddled: the Substance of which was Delivered in a Sermon Preached in the West Meeting-house in Boston the Lord's-day After the 30th of January, 1749/50...”, p.55

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• NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

  Leonard Maltin

  Nbc, Anchors, Comic

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• What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene, there would have been some flowering authentic democratic socialism and so on. I'm a little bit more of a pessimist there. I think that the Soviets - it's a very sad lesson - by their intervention, saved the myth.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Thinking, Blessing, Democratic Socialism

  "'Everybody in the World Except US Citizens Should Be Allowed to Vote and Elect the American Government' - Leading Intellectual Slavoj Žižek". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 11, 2008.

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• Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.

  Thomas Moore

  Wise, Wisdom, Bondage

  Thomas Moore (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (Illustrated)”, p.820, Delphi Classics

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• Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content.

  Michael Tilson Thomas

  Important, Volume, Extremes

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• I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me.

  Paul Putner

  Real, Fans, Might

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• I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.

  Alan Cumming

  Different

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• Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.

  Beverly Cleary

  Friendship, Book, Boys

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• Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club? Turtle! Turtle!

  Dana Carvey

  Turtles, Clubs, Enough

  "The Master of Disguise". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Most people can't handle a structureless life.

  Douglas Coupland

  People, Routine, Handle

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• Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

  Men, Speech, Parole

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