“That’s the thing about spies. Most of the secrets we keep are from each other.”
Source: United We Spy
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All three of the above are from "Future Quayle Quotes We Can Expect to Hear" by Al Jaffee, in MAD magazine, (October 1991), pp. 10–11
Cited in [John Kerry or George W. Bush Misquotes, http://www.snopes.com/quotes/candidate.asp, snopes.com, 2008-12-31, 2004-09-22, Barbara Mikkelson]
Misattributed
“Corbyn sold British secrets to communist spies.”
Tory MP deletes tweet accusing Jeremy Corbyn of 'selling British secrets to Communist spies
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/24/ben-bradley-apologises-unreservedly-for-corbyn-spy-claims
“How can we expect others to keep our secrets if we cannot keep them ourselves?”
Comment prétendons-nous qu'un autre puisse garder notre secret, si nous ne pouvons le garder nous-mêmes?
Maxim 64 of the Maximes supprimées.
Later Additions to the Maxims
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“The thing about secrets is they keep you in a prison. Once you share, WHOOSH, there is a release.”