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How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.
How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.
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.
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which
is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine read more
Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which
is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to
reveal it.
[Lat., Arcanum neque tu scrutaveris ullius unquam, commissumve
teges et vino tortus et ira.]
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.
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.
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
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.]
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?