“When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose.
You're invisible now. You've got no secrets to conceal.”

—  Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Like a Rolling Stone
Source: da Like a Rolling Stone, n.° 1
Context: Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse. When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose. You're invisible now. You've got no secrets to conceal.

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