Secrets define us, they mark us, they set us apart from all the others. The secrets which we preserve provide a key to who we are, deep down.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1998
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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Even a paranoid can have enemies.
—Henry Kissinger, 1977It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time.
—Cory Doctorow, 2013The first duty of a good inquisitor is to suspect especially those who seem sincere to him.
—Umberto Eco, 1980Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCOnce suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.
—Amelia Edith Barr, 1885For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.
—Petronius, c. 60Secrecy lies at the very core of power.
—Elias Canetti, 1960