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“And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs”

Ifs May Three Secret Hair Sacred Stomach Swear

Author:Homer

“He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.”

“The progress of science in furnishing the government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire tapping. Ways may some day be developed by which the government, without removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court, and by which it will be enabled to expose to a jury the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer' was said by James Otis of much lesser intrusions than these.”

Way May Home Government Secret Security Paper Court Intimate Someday Papers Jury Drawers

Author:Louis D. Brandeis

“I have always found thick woods a little intimidating, for they are so secret and enclosed. You may seem alone but you are not, for there are always eyes watching you. All the wildlife of the woods, the insects, birds, and animals, are well aware of your presence no matter how softly you may tread, and they follow your every move although you cannot see them.”

Life Wells May Littles Matter Seems Eye Moving Found Animal Secret Tree Bird Woods Thick Insects Wildlife Intimidating Your Presence Eyes Watching

Book:The Gardening Year

Source: The Gardening Year

“Never confide your secrets to paper; it is like throwing a stone in the air; and if you know who throws the stone, you do not know where it may fall.”

Ifs Knows May Fall Secret Air Paper Stones Throwing Secrecy

Author:Pedro Calderon de la Barca

“Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will, may enter.”

May Happiness Secret Doors Keys Waste Secret To Success Key To Happiness

Book:The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition

“Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your whole selves, utterly and in joyful abandon, in quiet, glad surrender to Him who is within. In secret ejaculations of praise, turn in humble wonder to the Light, faint though it may be.”

May Self Whole Light Turns Secret Wonder Offers Quiet Praise Humble Glad Surrender Chairs Abandon Joyful Ejaculation

Author:Thomas Raymond Kelly

“Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth.”

Men Kind May Earth Left Causes Walks Secret Terrible Aliens Sanity Dread Primal Evermore Cryptic

Book:H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)

Source: H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)

“The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off.”

People Ifs World May Doe Differences Pay Secret Boys Gone Fields Lucky Computer Workers Average Range Length Software Exceptional Automobile Programmers Great Ones Hardware Secret Of My Success

Author:Steve Jobs

“Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing that shall baffle investigation. Yet it may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.”

Writing Believe Humans May Persons Made Easy Secret Discovery Method Resolve Investigation Ingenuity Epiphany Easy Things Ciphers

Book:Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe: The New Raven Edition

Source: Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe: The New Raven Edition

“Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.”

Mind Wells Heart May Stills Faces Wish Secret Watches Citizens Tongue Cheerful Spears Good Wishes

Author:Solon