What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. Soren Kierkegaard
Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle. Jeanette Winterson
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. Max Jacob
Darkness conceals the hippopotamus. African Zulu Proverb
An open countenance often conceals close thoughts. Portuguese Proverb
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it. Turkish Proverb