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Thee is a skeleton on every house.
Thee is a skeleton on every house.
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it
ourselves.
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it
ourselves.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
A secret at home is like rocks under tide.
A secret at home is like rocks under tide.
When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are
spoken under the rose.
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When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are
spoken under the rose.
- Sir Thomas Browne,
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither
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For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who
confided it.
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who
confided it.
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in
love.
[Fr., L'on confie son read more
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in
love.
[Fr., L'on confie son secret dans l'amitie, mais il echappe dans
l'amour.]