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Secrets Quotations Click  There are some occasions when a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest.Chesterfield, Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.Gelman, Daniel C If people only knew how much I secretly hated them, they'd love me for holding it inGroening, Matthew Akbar The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.Howe, Edgar Watson The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.Jerome, St To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.Johnson, Dr Samuel The Great Cham of Literature Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.Johnson, Dr Samuel The Great Cham of Literature When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.La Bruyere, Jean de Les Caracteres (V) How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de Maxims (no. 90) Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.Lavater, Johann Kaspar He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power.Richter, Jean (Johann) Paul Friedrich Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets; for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.Taylor, Sir Henry « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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