“He that has a secret should not only hide it, but hide that he has it to hide.”

— Thomas Carlyle

Pt. II, Bk. I, ch. 7.
1830s, The French Revolution. A History (1837)

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Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian… 1795–1881

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