“There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson 727
American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882Related quotes

“He that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide.”
Pt. II, Bk. I, ch. 7.
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“A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.”

Dissenting, Osborn v. United States, 385 U.S. 341 (1966)
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“The shadows: some hide, others reveal.”
Las sombras: unas ocultan, otras descubren.
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“You can run but you cannot hide.”
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“An option hides where we don't want it to hide.”
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