“A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.”
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
“The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.”
Country Town Sayings (1911), p9.
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