“There are no secrets except the secrets that keep themselves.”
Confucius, in Pt. III : The Thing Happens
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
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Irish playwright 1856–1950Related quotes
“We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.”
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“Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.”
Source: Once Upon a Marigold
Original French: Le secret de la liberté est d'éclairer les hommes, comme celui de la tyrannie est de les retenir dans l'ignorance
Source: Oeuvres, Volume 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=iSMVAAAAQAAJ p. 253.
“To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.”
“I'm not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!”