Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.
Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.
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