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    I pray you all,
    If you have hitherto concealed this sight,
    Let it be tenable in your silence still.
    And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,
    Give it an understanding but no tongue.

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For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.

For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
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A secret at home is like rocks under tide.

A secret at home is like rocks under tide.

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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,

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
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Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
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I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
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I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
Mine own could not contain.

by Philip Massinger Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
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Thee is a skeleton on every house.

Thee is a skeleton on every house.

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He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

by John Dryden Found in: Secrecy Quotes,
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Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.
[Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.]

Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.
[Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.]

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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.]

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