There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891
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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, 1998Once suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.
—Amelia Edith Barr, 1885Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCThere is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
—Francis Bacon, 1625For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.
—Petronius, c. 60Secrecy lies at the very core of power.
—Elias Canetti, 1960Secrets are rarely betrayed or discovered according to any program our fear has sketched out.
—George Eliot, 1860Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1735