(41 quotes found)
“Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.”
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
“In nature's infinite book of secrecyA little I can read.”
William Shakespeare
“Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress”
William Blake
“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy”
Karl von Clausewitz
“Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world.”
William Saroyan
“Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.”
Wangari Maathai
“Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state”
Cardinal Richelieu
“It's so hush hush that they have sworn everyone to absolute secrecy and haven't revealed the exact date or location yet.”
Charlize Theron
“Cruelty has a Human Heart, And jealousy a Human Face; Terror the Human Form Divine, And secrecy the Human Dress. The Human Dress is forged Iron, The Human Form a Fiery Forge, The Human Face a Furnace seal d, The Human Heart its hungry gorge.”
“Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb”
French Proverb