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Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

—Elias Canetti, 1960

For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.

—Petronius, c. 60

The first duty of a good inquisitor is to suspect especially those who seem sincere to him.

—Umberto Eco, 1980

If you read somebody’s diary, you get what you deserve.

—David Sedaris, 2004

Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.

—Isocrates, c. 370 BC

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

—William Hazlitt, 1823

Spies are of no use nowadays. Their profession is over. The newspapers do their work instead.

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.

—Aleksandr Pushkin, 1837

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

—Henry Kissinger, 1977
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