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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.
 But that I am forbid
 To tell the secrets of my prison house,
  I could a tale read more 
 But that I am forbid
 To tell the secrets of my prison house,
  I could a tale unfold whose lightest word
   Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,
    Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres,
     Thy knotted and combined locks to part,
      And each particular hair to stand on end
       Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. 
 As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.
   - Gen. Thomas Harrison,  
 As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.
   - Gen. Thomas Harrison, 
Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; 
lest the daughters of the Philistines read more 
 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; 
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters 
of the uncircumcised triumph. 
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.
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 man can hide all things, excepting twain--
 That he is drunk, and that he is in love.  
 A man can hide all things, excepting twain--
 That he is drunk, and that he is in love. 
 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.]