“Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Rien ne pèse tant qu'un secret.
Book VIII (1678-1679), fable 6.
Fables (1668–1679)
Variant: Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I
Context: It is a severe Rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many Allowances, and we make so few to our Neighbor: As if Charity had nothing to do with Religion; Or Love with Faith, that ought to work by it.
