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

—Benjamin Franklin, 1735

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

—Petronius, c. 60

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

Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

—Elias Canetti, 1960

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

—Oscar Wilde, 1895

The life of spies is to know, not be known.

—George Herbert, c. 1621

It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time.

—Cory Doctorow, 2013

A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.

—P.D. James, 1992

Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.

—Aleksandr Pushkin, 1837
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