Secrecy Quotes

254 quotes by 207 authors

Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like me column that guided Israel in the deserts, becomes the guardian pillar of light and… — Charles Caleb Colton
In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be thine own privy counsellor. — Benjamin Disraeli
Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it. — Horace
Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness. — George Eliot
Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends. — Jonathan Swift
When I am in danger of bursting, I will go and whisper among the reeds. — Jonathan Swift
The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence. — Thomas Browne
You cannot hide any secret. If the artist succor his flagging spirits by opium or wine, his work will characterize itself as the effect of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. — Jean de la Bruyere
As soon as man seeks to penetrate the secrets of Nature--in which nothing is secret and it is but a question of seeing--he realizes that… — Honore de Balzac
Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors. — Honore de Balzac
With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to… — Honore de Balzac
The secret known to two is no longer a secret. — Ninon de L'Enclos
To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty. — Benjamin Franklin
Two may keep counsel putting one away! — William Shakespeare
There is a secret drawer in every woman's heart. — Victor Hugo
Keep your misfortunes to yourself. — William Hazlitt

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