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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891

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

Once suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.

—Amelia Edith Barr, 1885

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

—Isocrates, c. 370 BC

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

—Francis Bacon, 1625

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

—Petronius, c. 60

Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

—Elias Canetti, 1960

Secrets are rarely betrayed or discovered according to any program our fear has sketched out.

—George Eliot, 1860

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

—Benjamin Franklin, 1735
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