"False face" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... slumbers deep; Will not heed the cry of anguish, Will not close the eyes that weep. For, while yet inconstant Fortune Poured her gifts and all was bright, Death's dark hour had all but whelmed me In the gloom of endless night. Now, because misfortune's shadow Hath o'erclouded that false face, Cruel Life still halts and lingers, Though I loathe his weary race. Friends, why did ye once so lightly Vaunt me happy among men? Surely he who so hath fallen ...
— The Consolation of Philosophy • Boethius
... of generalship, the statement is made rather carelessly that to be capable of great military leadership a man must be something of an actor. If that were unqualifiedly true, then it would be a desirable technique likewise in any junior officer that he too should learn how to wear a false face, and play a part which cloaks his real self. The hollowness of the idea is proved by the lives of such men as Robert E. Lee, W. T. Sherman, George C. Marshall, Omar N. Bradley, Carl A. Spaatz, William H. Simpson, Chester A. Nimitz, and W. S. Sims. As commanders, they were ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense
... the old man under his breath, as he gazed with involuntary admiration upon her fair, false face. Then, aloud, he said: "I have already told you, wretched child, that I would forbear to expose you so long as you should conduct yourself with strict propriety here; ...
— Victor's Triumph - Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... been mistaken! He remembered her hurried refusal when he had asked her if he should telegraph for her to her Paris "friends"—how, in a sudden shame, he had turned away that he might not see the beloved false face as she spoke, might not seem to watch or ...
— Lady Rose's Daughter • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... that Mien and Shape I know, though the false Face be turn'd with shame away. [Offers to advance, and stops. —'Sdeath,—I tremble! yet came well fortify'd with Pride and Anger. I see thou'st in thy Eyes a little Modesty. [Goes to her nearer. That wou'd conceal the Treasons ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV. • Aphra Behn |
