In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses, and on paper, I kind of succeeded: I was the first pick in the draft. And with that, I inherited this big shiny trophy that I carried around, and it had one word engraved on it - anxiety.
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
More and more, the superrich don't live in one place but many, flitting between multiple homes on different continents, flying to them on private jets, perhaps, concealing many of their real estate purchases through webs of shell companies and trusts.
But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic Energy Agency, played hide-and-seek with the international community, and rejected all offers of co-operation from the U.S., the EU, and others.
