Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.

Luigi Pirandello
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When we face another person, we find that our faces and bodies are covered with dignity. We sit in chairs, and we walk and talk and laugh and cry and stretch and fall and look at the sky, all clothed with some sort of dignity. But each of us has a heart, which is filled with unspeakable things. Nowhere do we find the dignity of the person who has a face covered with dignity.

Source: Six Characters In Search Of An Author And Other Plays

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