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Samuel Johnson quote: "The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is..."

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupt? effects, so as to defraud their creditors. Voltaire
Can you "choose" something when you are forcefully and enthusiastically immersed in it at an age when the resources and information necessary for choosing are not yet yours? David Foster Wallace
Frank Crane quote: "You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time..."
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff. Frank Crane
I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don't know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing something in words. Arnold Schoenberg
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether..."
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Henry David Thoreau
Terence quote: "I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much..."
I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing. Terence
Everything is true,' he said. 'Everything anybody has ever thought.' 'Will you be all right?' 'I'll be all right,' he said, and thought, And I'm going to die. Both those are true, too. Philip K. Dick
[...] death never replies, not because she doesn't want to, but because she doesn't know what to say in the face of the greatest of human sorrows. Jose Saramago
nobody means to get carried away in mediocrity, but it happens, it happens unless you think about everything you do, unless you make every choice the best one you know how to make. Richard Bach
The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: there’s no right way and wrong way to do it. We’re all just wired differently. It's also worth noting that when you meet someone, you never bother to ask if he’s right or left-handed. After all: does it really matter to anyone other than the person holding the pen? Jodi Picoult
The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more readily obtain money on short or long time for their farming operations, or that they may become owners of farms. Arthur Capper
Jane Austen quote: "Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night..."
Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning. Jane Austen
Og Mandino quote: "I will greet this day with love in my heart."
I will greet this day with love in my heart. Og Mandino
I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. Nadia Comaneci
Boomer Esiason quote: "There's always something to talk about."
There's always something to talk about. Boomer Esiason