Veil Quotes

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
George William Russell

Pain, Hell, Between

Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction.
Poppy Z. Brite

Food, Through, Fiction

There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see.
Edward Fitzgerald

Through, Door, Might

The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown.
Giraldus Cambrensis

Women, Men, Together

Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.
Bridget Riley

Freedom, Focus, Attention

Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature.
Franz Marc

Nature, Today, Spiritual

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
John Rawls

Ignorance, Justice, Behind

Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.
Mary Ritter Beard

Reality, Enjoy, Themselves

The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.
DeWitt Clinton

Nor, Sinner, Confession

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