84 Quotes About Veils

If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.

A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,— The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,— Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.

Whenever we got a glimpse, their faces looked indecently revealed, as though we were used to seeing women in veils.

No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either

You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum, which is to acknowledge who you are holding.

Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn.

Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.

[Rousseau] has not had the precaution to throw any veil over his sentiments; and as he scorns to dissemble his contempt of established opinions, he could not wonder that all the zealots were in arms against him.