Hugo von Hofmannsthal Quotes

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.

Only a genius can play a fool.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

I was able to hide a lot behind 'Walton,' and found that to be quite useful.

Men take more pains to mask than mend.

Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades.

Vice knows [its] ugly, so [it] puts on [a] mask.

To say what your disguise is would be foolish.

I manage to hide in my movies.

What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.

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.

Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.

I'm really good at pretending.

I'm not acting, but I am acting.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Naked is the best disguise.

Life is a masquerade.

It is of great consequences to disguise your inclination, and to play the hypocrite well.

The voice that arms itself to be heard. / The face that hides itself to be seen.

One of the best ways to keep a great secret is to shout it.

Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know.