“For iii may keep a counsel if twain be away.”
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) English poet
The Ten Commandments of Love
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“5038. Three may keep Counsel, if two be away.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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“Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,
Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.”
Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
Canto III, line 7.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
“I will help you approach if you approach, and to keep away if you keep away.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Te ayudaré a venir si vienes y a no venir si no vienes.
Voces (1943)
“Keep in a dry place, keep away from children and strike gently away from the body.”
Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
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