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If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle and knows
We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle and knows
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies read more
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness read more
Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?
Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's read more
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
