“Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade.”
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book I, Chapter VII, p. 72.
“The entire being of a woman is a secret which should be kept.”
— Karen Blixen, book Last Tales
"The Cardinal's Third Tale"
Last Tales (1957)
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