--- title: "13 People Secret Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 People Secret quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best People Secret sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/benjamin-franklin-65_dead_in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secr_2726687.png" --- > [In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secret-two-must-be-dead/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/benjamin-franklin-65_dead_in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secr_2726687.png) > [“Mark Twain said, two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaje-harper/mark-twain-said-two-people-can-keep-a-secret-if-one-of-them-is-dead/) [Kaje Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaje-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/kaje-harper-14084_mark-twain_mark-twain-said-two-people-can-keep-a-se_571473.jpg) > [Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/perhaps-people-like-us-cannot-love-ordinary-people-can-that-is-their/) [Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/hermann-hesse-130_like-love_perhaps-people-like-us-cannot-love-ordin_553181.png) > [Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-gordon-liddy/three-people-can-keep-a-secret-as-long-as-two-of-them-are-dead/) [G. Gordon Liddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-gordon-liddy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/g-gordon-liddy-23919_atheism_three-people-can-keep-a-secret-as-long-a_762616.png) > [It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-quillen/it-s-a-great-kindness-to-trust-people-with-a-secret-they-feel-so/) [Robert Quillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-quillen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/robert-quillen-27328_feels_it-s-a-great-kindness-to-trust-people-wi_1975738.jpg) > [No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/no-one-gossips-about-other-people-s-secret-virtues/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/bertrand-russell-69_gossips_no-one-gossips-about-other-people-s-secr_3140288.jpg) > [Two people cannot keep a secret unless one of them is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-queen/two-people-cannot-keep-a-secret-unless-one-of-them-is-dead/) [Derek Queen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-queen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/derek-queen-28369_secrets_two-people-cannot-keep-a-secret-unless-o_2209484.jpg) > [When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/when-you-bring-the-darkness-to-the-table-it-doesn-t-rule-you-or-hurt/) [Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/natalie-goldberg-1741_dangerous_when-you-bring-the-darkness-to-the-table_2362140.png) > [“The very rich and those who long to be so, Tibbs, are often odd birds, who only dirty their cages when others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-lawson/the-very-rich-and-those-who-long-to-be-so-tibbs-are-often-odd-birds/) [Jessica Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-lawson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/jessica-lawson-60017_quote_the-very-rich-and-those-who-long-to-be-s_1411777.jpg) > [People take secret pictures of me... it fries my brain. I'm just a bloke, Just come and talk to me, I'd love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buckley/people-take-secret-pictures-of-me-it-fries-my-brain-i-m-just-a-bloke/) [James Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/james-buckley-28344_brain_people-take-secret-pictures-of-me-it-fri_2307919.jpg) > [ \[Censors are\] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/censors-are-people-with-secret-attractions-to-various-temptations/) [Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/ernest-jones-36409_attraction_censors-are-people-with-secret-attractio_103107.jpg) > [Apparently only a third of us know our partners phone PIN, so the majority of people keep it secret. I find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-o-porter/apparently-only-a-third-of-us-know-our-partners-phone-pin-so-the/) [Dawn O'Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-o-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/dawn-o-porter-3478_find_apparently-only-a-third-of-us-know-our-p_1953605.jpg) > [“You will stumble on secrets. Hidden all over the restaurant: Mexican oregano, looking cauterized, as heady as pot. Large tins of Chef’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-danler/you-will-stumble-on-secrets-hidden-all-over-the-restaurant-mexican/) [Stephanie Danler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-danler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/stephanie-danler-15951_olive-oil_you-will-stumble-on-secrets-hidden-all-o_1371018.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-secret/#itemlist", "name": "People Secret Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Franklin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secret-two-must-be-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/benjamin-franklin-65_dead_in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secr_2726687.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/benjamin-franklin-65_dead_in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secr_2726687.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/benjamin-franklin-65_dead_in-order-for-three-people-to-keep-a-secr_2726687.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.” — Benjamin Franklin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mark Twain said, two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaje Harper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaje-harper/mark-twain-said-two-people-can-keep-a-secret-if-one-of-them-is-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/kaje-harper-14084_mark-twain_mark-twain-said-two-people-can-keep-a-se_571473.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/kaje-harper-14084_mark-twain_mark-twain-said-two-people-can-keep-a-se_571473.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/kaje-harper-14084_mark-twain_mark-twain-said-two-people-can-keep-a-se_571473.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mark Twain said, two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.” — Kaje Harper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps people like us cannot love. 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Astonishingly foul, the habits some people keep secret. —”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Lawson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-lawson/the-very-rich-and-those-who-long-to-be-so-tibbs-are-often-odd-birds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/jessica-lawson-60017_quote_the-very-rich-and-those-who-long-to-be-s_1411777.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/jessica-lawson-60017_quote_the-very-rich-and-those-who-long-to-be-s_1411777.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/jessica-lawson-60017_quote_the-very-rich-and-those-who-long-to-be-s_1411777.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The very rich and those who long to be so, Tibbs, are often odd birds, who only dirty their cages when…” — Jessica Lawson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People take secret pictures of me... it fries my brain. 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They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear their own weaknesses.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernest Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/censors-are-people-with-secret-attractions-to-various-temptations/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/ernest-jones-36409_attraction_censors-are-people-with-secret-attractio_103107.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/ernest-jones-36409_attraction_censors-are-people-with-secret-attractio_103107.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/ernest-jones-36409_attraction_censors-are-people-with-secret-attractio_103107.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Censors are] people with secret attractions to various temptations... 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