Iron Mask

Famous quotes containing the words iron and/or mask:

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)