#secrecy

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame. ↗

— Jane Pauley

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This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State. ↗

— Duc De Richelieu

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At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life of the Party, but that everything should be done publicly. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

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Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#club #even #houses #love #need

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#secrecy #fame

All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#privacy #public-image #secrecy #life