Groups Quote by Georg Simmel

“Secrecy has this disadvantage: we lose the sense of proportion; we cannot tell whether our secret is important or not.”

— E.M. Forster

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

— Georg Simmel

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

— Jeremy Taylor

Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.

— Jill Lepore

Secrecy doesn't attach to particular parties; it attaches to power. All of the bull work is in place for whomever succeeds. That's my concern.

— Ted Gup

Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.

— Ian Hacking

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

— Edwin Louis Cole

One person can keep a secret, but not two.

— Ernest Cline

The meaning of secrecy is very different when the model of love is one of transparency. So to understand the politics of secrecy and…

— Esther Perel

Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we…

— Mary Alice Monroe

As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and…

— Jill Lepore

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

— Georg Simmel