Mystery

Famous quotes containing the word mystery:

    “There is no mystery in the luminous lines
    Of that high, animal face
    The smile, sad, humouring and equal
    Blesses without obliging
    Loves without condescension;”
    —Denis Devlin (1908–1959)

    “Macavity’s a Mystery Cat; he’s called the Hidden Paw—
    For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)