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Quotations on Secrets

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832)

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

by François VI. duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac
(December 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680)

How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.

by Kahlil Gibran
(January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931)

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

by Diane Ackerman
(October 7, 1948 - )

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

by George Bernard Shaw
(June 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950)

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

by Benjamin Franklin
(January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790)

Three can keep a secret, if two are dead.

by Samuel Johnson
(September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784)

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.



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