William Shakespeare on Secrecy
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“Two may keep counsel, putting one away.”
“Two may keep counsel when the third's away.”
“But that I am forbid, To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul.”
“If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. And whatsoever else shall hap to-night, Give it an understanding, but no tongue.”