None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and...

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and...

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward...

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored...

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.

Mystery is not profoundness.

Mystery is not profoundness.

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who...

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who...

I never knew a girl who was ruined by a book

I never knew a girl who was ruined by a book

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...