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Stealth Quotes

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

William Hazlitt
Perfection, Stealth, Approach
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son”, p.255

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

Terry Pratchett
Arrogance, Modesty, Stealth

The best way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Way, Violence, Stealth

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

Ambrose Bierce
Force, Stealth, Acquire
Ambrose Bierce (2011). “Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs”, p.815, Library of America

The secretiveness. The stealth. Those were obviously the aspects of cocaine use I was addicted to.

George Carlin
Use, Cocaine, Stealth
Source: reprints.longform.org

Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.

William Shakespeare
Tongue, Shame, Stealth
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.746, Oxford University Press

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