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Quotes about Secrecy

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Anonymous
Something compelling and attractive surrounded walking anonymously at night in the streets of Arrakeen.
- Frank Herbert
I have done one braver thingThan all the Worthies did;And yet a braver thence doth spring,Which is, to keep that hid.
- John Donne
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
- Publilius Syrus
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
- Harry S. Truman
What could he and she really know of each other, since it was his duty, as a decent fellow, to conceal his past from her, and hers, as a marriageable girl, to have no past to conceal.
- Edith Wharton
What could he and she really know of each other, since it was his duty, as a "decent" fellow, to conceal his past from her, and hers, as a marriageable girl, to have no past to conceal?
- Edith Wharton
But these mysteries, and many others, were closely locked in Mr. Jackson's breast; for not only did his keen sense of honour forbid his repeating anything privately imparted, but he was fully aware that his reputation for discretion increased his opportunities of finding out what he wanted to know.
- Edith Wharton
Those despotic governments which are founded on the passions of men, and principally upon the passion of fear, keep their chief as much as may be from the public eye. The policy has been the same in many cases of religion.
- Edmund Burke
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
- Albert Einstein
God has worked anonymously since the very beginning—it has always been an inside and secret sort of job. The Spirit seems to work best underground. When aboveground, humans start fighting about it.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.
- Harry S. Truman