“When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through the veil that hides the secret brings it to the face” FirstsEyeFacesSecretShameGuiltTendernessVeilsInfancyPierce Book:The fate of Capua. The Spartan dame. Money the mistress. A letter from the Earl of Orrey to Thomas Southerne Source: The fate of Capua. The Spartan dame. Money the mistress. A letter from the Earl of Orrey to Thomas Southerne
“Upon a darkened night the flame of love was burning in my breast And by a lantern bright I fled my house while all in quiet rest. Shrouded by the night and by the secret stair I quickly fled. The veil concealed my eyes while all within lay quiet as the dead.” EyeNightHouseSecretQuietLaysBurningFlamesVeilsStairsConcealedLanternsDark Night Of The Soul Author:John of the Cross
“The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.” IfsTryingArtWould BeLyingSecretSituationAncientShedVeilsNobilityStatuesBourgeoisScarves Author:Honore de Balzac
“I am afraid that old women are more skeptical in their most secret heart of hearts than any man: they believe in the superficiality of existence as in its essence, and all virtue and profundity is to them merely a veil over this "truth," a most welcome veil over a pudendum--and so a matter of decency and modesty, and nothing else.” MenBelieveHeartMatterWomenSecretExistenceVirtueEssenceWelcomeModestySkepticismVeilsDecencySkepticalOld WomanSuperficialityProfundity Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Who of us would not be glad to lift the veil behind which the future lies hidden; to cast a glance at the next advances of our science and at the secrets of its development during future centuries? What particular goals will there be toward which the leading mathematical spirits of coming generations will strive? What new methods and new facts in the wide and rich field of mathematical thought will the new centuries disclose?” FactsSpiritLyingNextGoalSecretBehindsRichGenerationsCenturyFieldsParticularDevelopmentMethodStriveCastsWideGladMathematicalLiftsGlancesVeils Author:David Hilbert
“I have lifted the veil. I have created life, wrested the secret of life from life. Now do you understand? From the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life.” LifeSecretGoneVeilsSecret Life Author:Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
“Madness is the first step towards unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of "sanity". The purpose of life is to bring us closer to those secrets, and madness is the only means.” FirstsMeanLife IsPurposeSecretBehindsStepsMadnessMadPurpose Of LifeSanityFirst StepsVeilsUnselfishness Author:Khalil Gibran