Philip Dormer Stanhope :
There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest; but there is seldom one in which a man should tell all. Great skill is necessary to know how far to go, and where to stop.
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Secrets
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Happiness
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Age and Aging
Gift it
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