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To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly

To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly. – William Samuel Johnson

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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. – Proverb

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. – Plutarch

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Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. – Alfred Austin

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