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masquerade
«During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.»
Author: Howard Thurman
(Activist, Clergyman, Theologian)
| Keywords:
guise, masquerade, masquerades, masquerading, patriotism, respectable
«Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.»
Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Editor, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
barbarism, masquerade, masquerades, masquerading, The Lamb
«The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
closing, dropped, masks, masquerade, masquerades, masquerading
«The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.»
Author: Cesare Pavese
(Critic, Novelist, Poet, Translator)
| Keywords:
closing, dropped, masquerade, masquerades, masquerading
«The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.»
Author: Thucydides
| About:
Beauty,
Common sense
| Keywords:
costliness, costly, masquerade, masquerading, supposedly
«There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral»
Author: Walter Lippmann
(Journalist)
| About:
Morality
| Keywords:
masquerade, masquerades, masquerading
«Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
contest, masquerade, masquerades, masquerading, private interest, Public affairs, strife