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Indiscretion
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“When she knew a secret it no longer was.”
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“It is very bizarre to watch total strangers stand up and tell a TV camera things that are almost too personal to hear from your best friend.”
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“There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. ... The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.”
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“It is the fashion of the moment to lay bare upon the public dissecting-table our own lives, and, in worse taste, the lives of our husbands, children and friends.”
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“Indeed, she had seen enough of the world to know that in few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story ...”
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“Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?”
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“Confidences! the most dangerous pleasures on earth!”