Painted Veil

Famous quotes containing the words painted and/or veil:

    “Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile,
    Hath not old custom made this life more sweet
    Than that of painted pomp?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I shall have the veil withdrawn and be allowed to gaze unblinded on the narrow limits of my own possibilities.”
    —Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)