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 Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to 
keep one long; and I know a read more 
 Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to 
keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in 
this regard.
 [Fr., Rien ne pese tant qu'un secret:
  Le porter loin est difficile aux dames;
   Et je sais meme sur ce fait
    Bon nombre d'hommes que sont femmes.] 
 He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no 
longer in his power.
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 He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no 
longer in his power.
 [Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat 
den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.] 
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
 Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say,
 Two may keep counsel, putting one away?  
 Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say,
 Two may keep counsel, putting one away? 
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither 
any thing hid, that shall not be known read more 
 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither 
any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. 
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things 
which are revealed belong unto us and read more 
 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things 
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, 
that we may do all the words of this law.