The vanity of being known to be trusted

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	"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it." - -- Samuel Johnson

Subject: Secrets

Top 5 quotes from Secrets

"I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?"
"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."
"Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft."
"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
"Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret."

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