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For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
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,
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
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.
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.
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.]
Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which
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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.]
